ArmInfo. The country faces a rather severe economic crisis, it is caused by both the coronavirus and the post-war situation. Member of the "Bright Armenia" faction Arkady Khachatryan stated this in an interview with journalists.
The MP said: "The social burden on the state has increased: therefore, we insist on revising the budget for 2021, on introducing a new draft, therefore we voted against the draft budget for 2021. There are many problems, and the solution should be in the development of a new strategy for the country's security, which will envisage both the defense, and the economic and social strategy of the Republic of Armenia.>
Touching upon the work of the commission on assessing the effectiveness of measures to combat coronavirus, Khachatryan stressed that it is very important to understand how the public was informed about this disease.
"The public has many questions related to the effectiveness of the fight against coronavirus. It is necessary to find out whether the citizens of the country were informed correctly, whether people understood the seriousness and complexity of the problem, "Khachatryan said.
According to him, this is why the opposition faction initiated the creation of the commission. "There are hundreds of questions about the spread of the epidemic, the effectiveness of prevention, the effectiveness of treatment, the limitation of human rights, the effectiveness of actions to eliminate or mitigate the consequences. Perhaps, if we made some decisions, the coronavirus would not spread in the country so quickly and we would not find ourselves in such a terrible situation. We need to understand in which cases we could act more effectively, and in general, what problems the healthcare system has faced, "Khachatryan concluded.