ArmInfo.The faction of the opposition bloc "Yelk", which on the eve of introducing the draft of the republic's withdrawal from the Eurasian Economic Union, will present a draft law on the establishment of a temporary commission to study the pros and cons of Armenia's accession to the EEU in the coming days. Edward Marukyan, secretary of the faction, stated this from the rostrum of the parliament.
According to him, from the day of joining the EEU Armenia recorded a total regress in all directions. "We recorded regress both in the field of democracy, human rights and freedoms, and in the economic sphere, political pressure on the republic increased from the outside, the country was even more isolated, authoritarianism was imported from the EEU states to Armenia," assured Marukyan.
In his turn, the vice speaker of the parliament from the "Tsarukyan" bloc, Mikael Melkumyan, recalled that the bloc voted for Armenia's accession to the EEU in due time and now there must be presented good reasons for the force to change its position. At the same time, he stated that the Tsarukyan bloc does not see much progress in Armenia after joining the EEU.
To note, the ruling Republican Party has sharply criticized the project of the Yelk bloc to withdraw from the EEU, saying that the membership of the republic in this structure is based on its political and economic interests.