Analyst: Government`s long-standing promises have consistently failed  to materialize over the past eight years

ArmInfo.  "According to well-known and experienced economists, the program presented by the "In Our Way" movement is ambitious, yet realistic and well- thought-out,"  Tigran Dumikyan writes.

The analyst recalled that Narek Karapetyan, the movement's  coordinator, presented to the public the economic and social program  that the political force initiated by Samvel Karapetyan intends to  implement.  A central pillar of the program is the revitalization of  the industrial sector, with a goal to create approximately 300,000  new jobs in Armenia. For the current government, this goal could be  classified as science fiction, as the investments made in Armenia's  industrial sector over the past eight years have been largely  financed by Samvel Karapetyan's own private funds. Meanwhile,  long-term, sustainable development is only possible through  strengthening the real economy, particularly industry, and not  through artificial growth in the service sector.

The second stage of the program, Dumikyan continued, is truly  revolutionary for small businesses: it involves freeing them from the  tax burden. This approach may naturally seem incomprehensible to the  authorities, who pursue a policy of treating citizens as "material  for fines" and managing the economy through administrative pressure.  However, the analyst believes that the state's priorities should be  effective social policy, improving the quality of life for citizens,  and creating a healthy business environment, rather than distributing  billions of drams within the public system by increasing foreign  debt.

The next key component of the economic program concerns agriculture.  The  movement proposes to address one of the most pressing issues  facing the rural economy by introducing a guaranteed procurement  system. This could usher in a qualitatively new stage in the  development of villages and agriculture in the history of independent  Armenia. " For many years, various governments have avoided providing  real support for the economic activity of the rural population,  resulting in a complex and stagnant socioeconomic picture in the  regions, especially rural communities," Dumikyan noted.

He emphasized that, in parallel with the economic program, Narek  Karapetyan has also presented two major social initiatives. The first  concerns a significant reduction in medication prices. The state,  drawing on the experience of Georgia and several other countries, can  use appropriate tools to ensure access to medications for a wide  range of the population. It is no secret that purchasing medications  is a serious issue for thousands of citizens living in difficult  social circumstances, and a systemic solution to it could  significantly improve both social protection and the overall state of  public health. The second social priority concerns housing  affordability. This issue directly impacts the formation of young  families, the birth rate, and demographic policy.

"Although the state has implemented various programs in recent years,  they have been primarily localized or accessible to a limited number  of people. Samvel Karapetyan's team states that if it comes to power,  it plans to build approximately 20,000 new apartments for young and  large families and provide them on affordable terms. This is only the  first stage of a program that is planned to be included in the  government's long-term strategy in the future, setting new standards  for the next five years. 

Thus, the "In Our Way" movement presents five clear steps aimed at  removing the current government through national elections and  building a strong, economically self-sufficient, and socially just  Armenia.  How the public will react to the program proposed by Samvel  Karapetyan will become clear in the near future. However, one thing  is clear: the current government continues to make promises to the  people, the viability of which has been repeatedly undermined over  the past eight years," the analyst noted.