ArmInfo.Session of Armenian Government today on May 3 will pass not only with doors closed, which Armenian media sources did not reconcile, but also without briefing for journalists, according to the press service of the Government.
After yesterday resignation of the acting Prime Minister of Culture Armen Amiryan we may state that the current acting Government significantly depleted, from 17 Ministers only 12 are left. In this connection, today's agenda counts 28 issues, instead of traditional 40-50.
To note, the practice of holding meetings of the executive body was introduced by a new Constitution, and after its entry into force - on April 9, April 12, the first meeting was held behind closed doors. As one of the "promoters" of this innovation said, acting. Minister of Justice of Armenia David Harutyunyan, this is quite normal and generally accepted phenomenon, and by no means a departure from the norms of democracy, as many representatives of civil society believe. "The meeting should be closed so that the members of the Government could discuss in a free, relaxed atmosphere," he said. And the first meeting of the Armenian government, which was to take place under the chairmanship of the newly elected Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan on April 19, was marked by the fact that, contrary to established practice, the meeting was held not at 11.00, but in the afternoon - at 17.00. Representatives of the press were invited to a briefing after 6 pm.
To recall, yesterday the leader of protest movement Nikol Pashinyan assured that the first and symbolic decree of Nikol Pashinyan in case of being elected to the post of Armenian Prime Minister, will be the cancellation of sensational law on holding meetings of the Armenian Government behind closed doors.