Wednesday, May 8 2019 15:12

ArmInfo. The merging of business and authorities is a chronic disease of Armenian politics. Deputy Chairman of the Armenian National Congress Party Levon Zurabyan was expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo. 

In this regard, the politician recalled that the issue of merging  authorities and business was raised by the ANC during a dialogue  between the Congress and the Armenian authorities back in 2011, when  the party delegation presented the delegation from the authorities an  extensive document entitled "Justification of the need for holding  early elections in Armenia". https://www.lragir.am/2011/08/09/51579/.  In one of the chapters of this reference, the catastrophic situation  in this area was described in detail.

"As an example, we cited the composition of the parliament and  indicated the names of 76" people's deputies "from 131 of their total  number, who were also businessmen at the same time. We described in  detail in the certificate their property and businesses, pointing out  the incompatibility of such activities with being in parliament, "  said the deputy chairman of the ANC.

The politician recalled that the Constitution gives a very clear  definition of the impossibility of combining activities in parliament  and business. According to him, the ANC is an opponent of the merging  of business with politics, assessing this phenomenon as a violation  of fundamental democratic principles. In this regard, Zurabyan  stressed that politicians should serve the general interests of the  state, and not narrow, group interests of business.

When asked about the possibility of depriving Garik Tsarukyan of the  MP's mandate, Zurabyan replied:  "Naturally, to improve the political  system of Armenia, it is necessary to get rid of the disease and get  rid of it as soon as possible. At the same time, I'm not sure that  the only causative agent of the disease in the government system  remains Gagik Tsarukyan. Accordingly, in this direction it is  necessary to conduct a serious study, following the example of a  study that was carried out by our party in 2011, "he stressed.

The question of the presence of business in the National Assembly of  Armenia has once again become the focus of public attention through  the efforts of the "Citizen's Decision" party. On April 29, Secretary  of the party's executive body Suren Sahakyan sent a statement to  Armenian Prosecutor General Arthur Davtyan about the need to initiate  criminal proceedings against Prosperous Armenia Party leader, MP  Gagik Tsarukyan. The reason for the statement was the suspicion of  illegal entrepreneurial activity by the MP Tsarukyan. Sahakyan also  sent a statement to RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan with a request to  take appropriate actions pursuant to Article 157 of the "National  Assembly Rules of Procedure" law, in particular, to appeal to the  Armenian Constitutional Court on the termination of powers of the  deputy in case of violation of Article 95 of the Constitution of the  Republic of Armenia.