YEREVAN. - Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan today held a follow-up consultation on the results of the checks carried out by the Armenian Presidential Supervisory Service in Armenia’s Road Police.   

The consultation was attended by Armenian Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan, Minster of Finance Gagik Khachatryan and other dignitaries.

“All of you remember that when we began installing cameras, including speed cameras, their records were so many that several people got surprised. But the specialists said their number would very soon decrease. And this did take place by 70%. And 70% means that the violations of traffic rules have also decreased,” he said.

Nevertheless, according to Sargsyan, the achievements may melt away if attention isn’t constantly paid to observing traffic rules, and the only thing left then would be collecting fines. The driver, Sargsyan said, must realize that this is first of all done for his and others’ safety so that the guests visiting the capital can also see the order in the republic.  

In the President’s words, two important justice-related issues should be resolved to achieve this purpose.

“Firstly, there should be a differentiation between gross violations and those considered as minor.  By minor violations I mean crossing of the solid line. Secondly, people apparently get nervous when the so-called operative cars, which have a right to clear passage, pass by while they are standing in traffic jam. To my surprise, many of these cars have foreign numbers. Why should they have privileges in our country?  And why must there be so many cars with operative numbers? Do we really have so many operative workers?

It is unclear if family members and relatives of dignitaries use such cars, whose numbers are taken from other cars.

To investigate the matter, back in June I instructed the Supervisory Service to conduct checks. Everyone must see the justice of our goals,” Sargsyan said.