Wednesday, October 17 2018 16:48

ArmInfo.During the Francophonie summit, many heads of state were surprised by the fact of Nikol Pashinyan's resignation, since in a number of European countries  resignation is regarded as a failure. This was stated on October 17  at a press conference by an international expert, former chairman of  the parliamentary commission on foreign relations, Hovhannes Igityan.

He noted that in this case the whole matter is in the unsuccessful  Constitution, inherited from the previous government by Pashinyan.  "The fact is that Nikol Pashinyan wants to do everything exclusively  within the law. This is a very important quality," the expert  stressed.

The ex-chairman of the parliamentary commission on foreign relations  noted that another question is whether the parliamentary factions  will keep their promise and will not put forward their candidate for  the post of prime minister. "One thing I can say with confidence is  that the people will not tolerate deception and behind-the-scenes  agreements. Therefore, I think, the parliamentary forces will have  enough common sense not to nominate their candidate for this  position. Otherwise, this political faction will be discredited,"  Igityan stressed. Nevertheless, I believe that during these 2 weeks  one should not expect any extraordinary events in the country.

The expert noted that in foreign policy, after the revolution, the  attitude towards Armenia has changed for the better. "Many  international organizations, as well as numerous countries, note that  Armenia is the country in which the bloodless revolution took place,  and everything was carried out exclusively within the framework of  the law," Igityan stressed.

Touching on the early elections, Igityan noted that political  speculations about their haste were groundless.  "All political  forces since the beginning of May knew that this process was  inevitable, and we should start preparing for it. Therefore, I  consider such criticism unreasonable," the former chairman of the  parliamentary commission on foreign relations said.

As for the statements that the draft reform of the Electoral Code is  incomplete and not sent to the Venice Commission for consideration,  according to Igityan, the commission considered the document and did  not express objections.

Predicting the composition of the future parliament, the expert noted  that the force headed by Pashinyan would take the majority. According  to him, Prosperous Armenia and ARF Dashnaktsutyun may also appear in  the parliament. But the RPA, according to his forecast, most likely  will not enter the parliament and like the communists and the ANM  will sink into oblivion. "All these political forces had the  opportunity to build a new country, however, they did not use it. I  know that now the RPA has a point of view that it is necessary to  participate in the elections with a list of figures who remained"  clean "and were not implicated - or a corruption scandal. However,  representatives of the party do not give an answer to the main  question, they have repeatedly stated that they have 850,000 votes.  And where are these voices now? It becomes obvious that they were  collected by bribes, using administrative resources and using the  army. But I true that all this is in the past, and no further  violations in the elections will not be ", Igityan said.