RoA Prime Minister publicly admonished Agricultural Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan during a government session for a lacklustre and unacceptable work record. PM Sargsyan declared that his government would no longer tolerate such behaviour in his cabinet, saying that the president had the directed government officials to expose shortcomings and deficiencies in their ranks. PM Sargsyan stated that the government was aiming to post 5% economic growth in the agricultural sector and that this demanded more efficient utilization of scarce government funds. "The RoA Control Chamber audited cash disbursements for 2008-2009 and revealed serious flaws and problems that we must fix now. These are issues that the agricultural minister should have been following personally. Such flaws must be dealt with this year."