From June 25 to 28, 2014 World Congress of Public Councils was held in Bucharest. RA Public Council president Vazgen Manukyan and RA Public Council members Hovik Musayelyan and Rouben Safrastyan participated in the forum.

Hovik Musayelyan delivered speech as a member of the Armenian delegation (please see the speech below).

Dear Chairman,
Dear summit participants,

On behalf of the delegation of the Public Council of the Republic of Armenia, let me greet the summit participants and wish productive work.

The republics of the former Soviet Union suffered 3 types of revolution.

1. Struggle for independence and its acquisition
2. Transition from the totalitarian government system to the democratic government system
3. Unprecedented property revolution, when within a short period, transition from state property based planned economy to private property based market economy had to be made.

The latter revolution had to be done by the statesmen and officials. And in no country the above mentioned individuals could resist the temptation of using their positions to establish ownership and businesses. In the meantime, there was no monitoring body; the society and the judicial system were not formed. Continue reading →