Friday, May 8 2020 12:53

ArmInfo.Refusing to accept our proposals, colleagues from the "My Step" bloc follow the path beaten by their predecessors, member of the Bright Armenia parliamentary  faction Taron Simonyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

The parliamentarian considers the legacy of the past to be the main  reason for the refusal to accept the opposition's proposals.  According to him, the former authorities had the same attitude to the  legislative initiatives of the opposition. A similar principle,  according to the opposition, is fundamentally wrong and its results  are visible today.

"Almost all of our proposals instantly run into opposition from the  majority. However, they do not even delve into the essence of the  proposals, even the essence of the reasons for their own opposition.   Meanwhile, the consideration and adoption of these proposals proceeds  from their own interests, since the state needs it. Our proposals  don't have one-sided interest. They are based on the results of  research, which, in theory, any thinking authority should come to,  "he said.

According to Simonyan, the Bright Armenia has been constantly stating  in the parliament the past year and a half about serious problems in  the law enforcement system. And in due time the government didn't  even want to discuss the faction's proposals for reforming the  government structure within the framework of the government's  program. And started to discuss this option only this year.  Meanwhile, if the reform process had begun last year, this year the  authorities would not have encountered any related problems.

"Today I don't understand at all the position of the authorities. We  proposed to start reforming practically all fields of state  administration immediately after the revolution. The revolutionary  situation, the atmosphere was more than ever favorable for the  introduction, implementation of new ideas, approaches and changes.  Today the situation is gradually freezing, and reforming the state  apparatus is becoming more and more difficult over time, "he said.

According to Simonyan, it is never too late to initiate reforms, but  2 years ago it was much easier to do.  Today, the process has become  more complicated due to an increase in the system's resilience to  these reforms. Recalling that Prime Minister Pashinyan himself  periodically talks about this, the parliamentarian described this  course of events as quite natural, noting that the more reforms are  delayed, the more internal resistance to these reforms increases.