I am in favor of the city of Yerevan having transport. I am in favor of the city of Yerevan having transport not only today, but also in ten years, but also in fifteen years." , trolleybus, bus.
That transport system didn't exist until recently. Why didn't it because the idea and formula of economic efficiency, economic duration or economic sustainability was not put in the basis of the management of that transport system, that is, it was said that now there is some transport, let's wear it this transport, let's drive this transport until it wears out to immobility, after that it will be "Gazel" or "Dream" or whatever will happen, it's not our business anymore. I'm in favor of it being in Yerevan transport and let there be transport in Armenia Today we have a problem of implementing a transport system in dozens of villages and settlements.
People cannot move from their villages and the only mechanism of movement is taxis. First, I promised that the gazelles will leave the city, and the gazelles have left the city. Today, there is no "Gazelle" in the city, but this transport system must develop, it must change.
Now we are wearing out the subway, until when should we wear it out? Well, what happened to the trams, I'm not saying that it won't work, I'm talking about the former authorities. I'm not saying that it won't work out. I am talking about the previous government, but should we have a strategic infrastructure or not, or have we brought MAN buses, we say we will wear them out in five years, what will happen after that? Is this our logic?
I don't agree with this logic, I agree with the logic that the city should have a transport system in the long run," he said.
To Petros Ghazaryan's question whether so many changes are too many at once, Pashinyan answered: "We have been preparing all these reforms since 2018, that is, we came with the willingness and commitment to make reforms.
That is, slowly. All these laws, for example, the same universal declaration law did not come into force this year, it came into force this year for a different group.
For example, last year I also completed a general declaration, and I completed a high-ranking official's declaration, and a general declaration, but the laws were adopted before that, the projects were formed before that, the concept was developed before that. which are now in the implementation stage.
But now let's look at our previous years. In 2018 there was an extraordinary election. 2020 was a period of planning for this reform. Could we do this reform in 2020? elections, deep regional escalations, instability. Number 2022: tension, war in September 2022, constant escalations around Nagorno Karabakh, constant escalations.
Then number 2022-23: closure of the Lachine Corridor, the ever-increasing tension, when you have to deal with it on a daily basis, the blockade of the Lachine Corridor, then the forced displacement in 2023? had more focus on our strategies for the future.
And in 2024, it is not like everything was very quiet.
There is that saying that reform should be done at the right time, but the time for reform is never right, because from what you are describing, you are saying that a person must go.
A person goes one way or another, he goes to some places, but we want to structure a person's going in such a way that it is effective and contributes to his more prosperous life.
I remember the following, when in 2019 in my mother's village, where there was a lot of illegal logging and unfortunately it is still going on until now, when we had taken very strict measures there, people were protesting, saying, "You don't let us live." :
I am saying, including those whom I know, I was telling them to listen..."
