Armenian opposition party offers anti-migration plan
Members of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) have developed a joint plan in an effort to offer mechanisms for preventing a large-scale migration from the country.
The 11-clause platform, entitled “We are Going to Live in our Country”, envisages around 95 steps with short-, medium- and long-term phases.
The initiative offers quite independent solutions, calling particularly for measures to revise the human resources policies in Armenia. It proposes, for instance, dismissing people with anti-social , anti-state anti-Christian behavior, which appears to be a major factor driving people to disappointment.
Speaking to Tert.am, Artsvik Minasyan of the ARF-D faction in parliament said they treat migration as a major threat to Armenia’s national security.
“Armenia has lost more than a third of its population since the inception of the third republic, as different analysis and surveys reveal. In other words, the demographic developments in the Republic of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic are threatening a loss of the independent statehood,” he said.
Minasyan pointed out to a change in trends, noting that most migrants today cite social injustice and uncertainty about the future as reasons for leaving the country, as opposed to the past when very many went from Armenia, unable to find a job or proper salaries.
“And the most threatening factor is that the youth accounts for a major part [of the migrants], which actually signals a decline in the reproduction resources. This has also developed the network system of migration, so to say, when everyone leaving [the country] takes a neighbor or a relative with him even though they may be rather well-off here,” the opposition MP said, adding that the mobilization of political and social resources is at the heart of the anti-migration program.
The ARF-D is planning to organize debates with the authorities, political parties and different social groups in September-November to address the problem. The party will try also to invite the Church and the influential circles of the Diaspora to the meetings to elaborate a plan of actions.
Asked about financial resources, Minasyan said they expect to attract public funds as well, as the State Budget alone will not be enough to organize activities. He referred to a recently proposed plan for repopulating Armenia’s border villages and towns and the liberated territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh.
He further stressed the need of revising the state policies of boosting the birth rate.“But before reaching the financial aspect, it is necessary to make the plan perceptible to all. And the authorities’ will is strictly important here,” he added.
Minasyan believes it is necessary to change the way of presenting the socio-political developments in the country. “What we have today are two opposite approaches : presenting things in negative colors on the one hand and pretending as though ‘everything is all right if only a good eye could notice’ - on the other. That increases the disappointment in the society, leading to a social degradation. So no wonder that most of those who leave say they do not see their future in Armenia,” said the politician.
In that context, Minasyan highlighted the need of shifts in the information propaganda.
“Criticism against the authorities should not be perceived as criticism against the country and the state. This has to be mutually perceivable to both the critics and their targets. And the critics should not go too far to disparage the country instead of criticizing the authorities,” Minasyan noted.
The platform further proposes reforms in the tax, customs and healthcare sectors, and in the military. Asked what guarantees there are that the ruling majority will approve the plan and whether there is a political agreement, the ARF-D member gave a negative answer, admitting in the meantime that they would very much appreciate such agreements at the current stage of discussions.
But in case of a rejection, Minasyan said, the party will do its utmost to unite the society around the program to lift the existing barriers.
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