Tuesday, November 27 2018 15:12

ArmInfo. Levon Barseghyan, Chairman of the Board of the ''Asparez'' Journalist Club, believes that the outcome of the upcoming elections is predetermined by a  revolutionary wave. "Unfortunately, we should not expect high-quality  ideological debates about problematic issues in our country", he said  at the 27th press conference.

According to him, the post-revolutionary euphoria at this stage will  not allow to polemize around productive ideas. And due to the fact  that the new government did not have time to adopt the new Electoral  Code, the new parliament will not have the political balances that  Barseghyan would like to see there.

According to the head of the programs of the anti-corruption center  ''Transparency International'', Varuzhan Oktanyan, Armenia is  delaying the formation of a multi-party system, which is a worrying  fact today.

Daniel Ioannisyan, Secretary of the Commission for the Reform of  Electoral Legislation of Armenia, head of the NGO "Union of Informed  Citizens", noted that one of the goals of revising electoral  legislation was to develop political pluralism in the country. It is  in a country with a developed multi-party system, an opposition that  does not have financial resources, but with a real baggage of useful  knowledge, along with civil society, can be a counterbalance to the  current government, he noted. Nevertheless, according to Ioannisyan,  for the normal functioning of this system, it was necessary to adopt  a new Constitution, the EC, the law "On Parties", and the state  should financially encourage the activities of political parties.  "Today, a good guy from the region, selected by the rating list,  cannot be part of the system of checks and balances," he said. Taking  into account these, as well as other problems, Daniel Ioannisyan is a  supporter of the view that the parliament formed on the basis of the  upcoming elections should not function by law for 5 years.  According  to the expert, the parliament without balances should ensure the full  implementation of the mechanisms of democracy the Constitution, the  relevant legal acts, for which it will be enough for three or four  years.

To recall, on October 28, the parliamentary majority of the National  Assembly of Armenia represented by the Republican Party failed  another attempt of the government and a group of deputies from the  ''Tsarukyan'' bloc and ''Yelk'' factions to amend the Electoral Code  and the package of related laws.  Thus, given the limited time frame,  the upcoming extraordinary parliamentary elections will most likely  be held in accordance with the requirements of the current Electoral  Code.