The state must compensate deposits not only to the investors, but also to their heirs, said, Armenian presidential candidate and leader of the Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian during the campaign for the Kotayk region this Thursday.

“A president has no right to throw crumbs to the people, Armenian citizen should be protected by the Constitution, wages, pensions and jobs. The choice is yours: either you choose the charity, or a decent job,” Hovhannisian said, the Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports.

According to him, when citizens are deprived of work and a decent life, such problems as foreign policy issues - the Karabakh issue and the problems of Javakhk or Armenian Genocide recognition cannot be resolved.

Referring to the problem of unemployment, Hovannisyan said that 180,000 jobs will open in five years’ time in Armenia if investments from the Diaspora and abroad are attracted. He also assured that, if he gets elected, he intends to stand up for small and medium business.

“The government should provide preferences for small and medium-sized business and stop tax oppression. By the end of my presidency, 600,000 people will cross the line of poverty and will become middle class citizens.”