ArmInfo. Enlightened Armenia faction is against the bill on electronic communications. This was announced during parliamentary briefings by the head of the faction Edmon Marukyan. He noted that this bill will not help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, but rather only harm.
According to him, it is not clear how the adoption of the bill will affect the number of patients with coronavirus. <First, it is unclear how knowledge of the duration of phone calls will affect the pandemic situation. Secondly, if this information will be provided, will the growth of patients from today's average daily drop to 50 at least 5>, he said.
Marukyan also noted that the state of emergency could be extended only in certain regions of the country. As for the quarantine regime, according to the head of the PA, it should be extended. Note that the bill, in fact, limits the right to protection of personal data and privacy. According to the document, mobile operators are obliged to provide the government with data on telephone conversations of subscribers, in particular, the location of the subscriber, the beginning and end of the conversation, the contents of the conversation will not be transmitted.