2016-12-05 02:08:00
Arman Galstyan wrote on his Facebook page.
US Government to acquire the competence to participate in the second stage of the "Millennium Challenge Corporation" program Armenia has not passed the first indicator unit (scorecard): Armenia has not yet comply with the requirements of the corporation.
"Armenia rate of 48 percent, which is 50 percent lower than the percentage threshold. Further stage of the competition is very intense, and the selection criteria are higher than before. The reason is that the "Millennium Challenges" corporation wants to see strong evidence of improved, and also seek to implement reforms to strong execution capabilities. "
As you know, the program was first launched in the US five years ago, and it included only post-Soviet countries of Armenia and Georgia. The program provides for five-year grant, which is spent on rural infrastructure. In this program will receive about $ 235 million over five years, but the money was not given in full, as a result of the events after the presidential election 2008 the United States froze the $ 70 million project is an excerpt: The point is that there are six conditions for the implementation of the program and their relevance, including economic and political criteria aimed at modernity, freedom of speech, democracy, fair management.
After 2008, Armenia has understandably had a problem with the United States, and the "Millennium Challenges" Corporation John Danilovich unpleasant correspondence with the President, his term still unexhausted. He even announced that Danilovich said that's not terrible for Armenia Corporation interruption, let alone know about it in advance of saying that we can address the issue of finding other sources of funding of these programs. But Robert Kocharyan was held with the Armenian-American tensions. Serzh Sargsyan's administration of "Millennium Challenges" program is restarted, of course, not frozen 70 million dollars and it was interrupted in 2011.
It is not difficult to imagine the huge foreign debt of some of the more important for Armenia under every penny, which will ease the debt. In this respect, it is not difficult to imagine Armenia hundreds of millions of dollars for what the meaning of the American corporation "Millennium Challenges" that they are given as a gift to Armenia for infrastructure development.
For it is only required to fair governance. What it means, quite simply and thoroughly explain a few years ago during his tenure as US Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch. Referring to the latter said that Armenia is deprived of the possibility to expect a continuation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation program, as it does not meet the criterion of good governance. The standard is designed to falsify the elections, the fight against corruption, rule of law and the right to have no political prisoners, the freedom of speech, freedom of assembly.
Armenia's authorities consider the new Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan's "Troika suit" Gillette has a price, the statements made in press conferences of selective issues, can be of any value to their performances is endless dust not only its own people but also in the eyes of the international community. But the public and the international community to see very well what was going on. Ie tozn actually reaches its goal. However, if the public can be ignored, it can be intimidated, bribed, and finally use force to silence the international community to do the same, for example, in Armenia, the US authorities are apparently powerless. This issue is currently serving as powerless as the general sponsor of the government of Armenia, Russia, because Russia is a very serious geopolitical challenges and most likely does not intend to keep the power in serious confrontation with the West if the West is not satisfied with the government.
Today might sound strange, but it actually holds power in the West, but Russia keeps up the opposition. And so, the policy of joke with the West officially will have to be very careful and give up the seemingly favorable political climate. The situation as favorable, so demanding and cruel, and what is happening in the world, the region is not a game or a pastime. If necessary a qualitative change and significantly new management system, it is only formal and ceremonial speech perception can be extremely fatal for Armenia's authorities. The US has already publicly warned, yet subtle. The next warning will be tough enough, and not after the warning.
However, there continues to be a major threat to Armenia itself, not the government. Official Yerevan has obviously just trying to play between the West and Russia, while the game was just more of a threat because there is a waste of time, during which the quality of the Remaining continues to weaken. Of course, it will be destroyed and will not cease to be a state, just as mercilessly wasted time, the state has become a patient bed, without care and he will not be able to meet its minimum needs.
It seems that the words of the authorities are aware of this state of hopelessness, but the cases show something else. Armenia within society, of course, there is the potential, desire and a will, there are also weak, but signs that give grounds to say that the society is able to recover the sick in that state over time. However, it is clear that it will be very difficult, and God knows whether a patient will undergo before it amputated. Buying time for this policy because of the very pregnant state.
"Millennium Challenges" could be a factor inhibiting migration of its core. Of course, not the only factor, not sufficient factor, but an important factor, because the corporation's programs are implemented in rural areas. And in this sense the money that was provided by a gift of nature, but most likely we are talking about hundreds of millions would virtually double the economic effects, the total investment in the economy, as well as direct investment in the rural communities.
This is an issue of strategic importance, and Armenia's authorities were obliged to do everything to ensure that the US government is satisfied with the economic and political situation and restart the program. In it was the only country to ensure economic freedoms, offset, and also to ensure the democratic and legal changes to privileged groups. Ie not requiring any concessions from Armenia, but it was required that no matter what we had to Armenia for development. Therefore, if Armenia's insufficient efforts to resume the program, it would be just like a state against attacks, even betrayal, taking into consideration the importance of the additional funds for preventing the emigration of social decline and braking ...