YEREVAN. – President of Armenia said he realizes that that the ruling party and the other political parties are too far to satisfy all the demands of Armenian citizens regarding the political system.

“I perfectly understand (by this I refer to us only in order not to offend others) that we have not been able to meet simple peoples’ expectations time after time, we have often tired them out with our clamor, political debates have been perceived as being idle logomachies, while party competition being contests end in themselves and having nothing to do with peoples’ expectations. All of this is very clear. However, we should understand that implanting a well-functioning political system in our country is as laborious and time consuming a process as establishing let us say a government system,” he said in a speech during the RPA congress.

Sargsyan said Armenia’s political forces already start positioning and repositioning for the 2017-2018 elections.

“I  consider it natural that the opposition parties are already busy with getting prepared for the coming parliamentary and presidential elections.

The positions, responsibilities and objectives of the ruling party are completely different. The coming 3-4 years offer us a great opportunity to work and make our country move forward. This is exactly what we are going to do. We still have time until the coming of the next state elections. We should still ensure the security of Armenia and Artsakh, as well as sustain economic, social and political development. We are obliged to make the most of this time period,” President added.

“A lot of things in the world do not depend on us, but a lot of things in our country do depend on us. No force can accomplish more in Armenia than we, the republicans (at least today). Thus, we should not deviate from our course and be obsessed with intra-party debates. I am exhorting you to fight less and work more.

I do not mean that the Republican Party should avoid giving explanations about its steps. On the contrary, it is our duty to report and go into details of what we do and why. However, it should not be done in the form of a campaign. We should not allow the entire society to be pulled into the pre-election turmoil before the time has come. It is hard to expect good things to happen when a whole country is solely concentrated on a political struggle leaving all things aside” .