Armenia's newly reshuffled government faced fierce opposition criticism on Wednesday as the National Assembly began debating its five-year policy program that promises faster economic growth and a sizable decrease in poverty.
The program presented by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian says that the government will aim to achieve an annual growth rate of 5-7 percent, create 100,000 new jobs and reduce the official poverty rate, which currently stands at 36 percent, by at least 8 percentage points. It also calls for more government efforts to tackle corruption and strengthen "justice" in the country.
"We are setting more ambitious goals and there are objective grounds for that," Sarkisian told lawmakers. "We can see that our economy has entered a phase of recovery."
Armenian News
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