Former Minister of Finance Vardan Aramyan told NEWS.am he's not against increasing the salaries of the police, but the crime rate is growing in parallel. 

"But if you raise the salaries so that they drive people off the streets well, it's problematic for me. Why aren't salaries of employees in the defense sphere raised in such a case? That is, you stimulate people not to choose service (means in the Armed Forces - ed.).

When roads are built, you need to understand what effect this has had? How many cars drove on them. If the figure does not increase, then it's a problem," said the expert.