Many people are trying to target appointed officials due to jealousy and the fact that they weren’t appointed officials. This is what President of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Arayik Haroutyunyan said during a live broadcast today.

“Give those officials time and you will see, and those who fail to do their job and can’t follow the prescribed rules won’t proceed with us. If you criticize, criticize based on the work that has been done, not the clothes people wear or the way they talk.

As far as advisors and assistants are concerned, first, I choose who can help me or give me advice, and this is not a matter of public discourse. All officials will have work to do. The officials who were registered as employees, but didn’t do anything, will be dismissed,” he said and assured that he will have a great presidential apparatus that will not only oversee the government’s activities, but will also keep the people’s issues in its focus.