YEREVAN. – Monopoly and shadow economy should be eliminated in Armenia, former FM and incumbent Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) MP Vartan Oskanian wrote on his Facebook page.

According to him, it is necessary to discuss not so much personalities of the presidential candidates in the threshold of the presidential elections in Armenia [February, 2013] but rather their programs. Thus, he highlighted five major criteria. Among them are moral-psychological atmosphere of the country, improvements of the political field, economic policy, foreign policy and the choice of the integration path of Armenia.

“It is obvious that the presidential elections should not be an election of a personality but a future of Armenia,” Oskanian notes.