“The staff changes taking place among the mayor’s and ruling elite are simply an imitation,” said former Yerevan mayor Vahagn Khachatryan.<\/p>\n
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According to him, if the political system has remained the same, then a new mayor or new ministers won’t change anything.<\/p>\n
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“A government that steals will remain a government that steals, whoever it may be, the name is not important; whoever works in this system is a part of the criminal state, he cannot remain outside of this entire system. Whether it’ll be good or bad will make no difference; we, Yerevan residents, won’t feel it; it’s just that they’ll steal more from our pockets,” said Khachatryan, who was the mayor of the Armenian capital between 1992\u20131996.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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