Friday, June 5 2020 12:30

ArmInfo.In the fight against coronavirus, the choice of a clearly correct policy seems to be a very difficult matter. Especially in conditions when we are dealing  with a phenomenon that has not yet been studied by mankind. President  of Yerevan Press Club Boris Navasardian, expressed a similar opinion  to ArmInfo.

"In this light, the choice based and arising from a situation and  policy, and its consistent implementation seems to be extremely  important. If the government and the Commandant's Office decided to  set strict restrictions, then they should have ensure their  observation by citizens by all possible means and methods.   Otherwise, there was no need to resort to strict restrictions. It was  possible to put an emphasis solely on the sense of self-awareness and  self-preservation of citizens, "he said.

According to the expert, thus, in Armenia a certain hybrid decision  was made when the restrictions adopted by the government were not  accompanied by the use of appropriate tools for their observation. As  a result, very inconsistent activities and policies were applied in  the direction of implementing government and in some cases parliament  decisions.

Meanwhile, it is the adoption, but non-fulfillment of decisions of a  similar level, in Navasardyan's view, that leads to the formation in  society of a frivolous attitude to the policy of the authorities as a  whole. In other words, this has taken place in Armenia today. The  lack of consistency, according to the expert, is the main problem on  the way to implementing decisions in the fight against coronavirus.  Within the framework of this logic, in some cases, the authorities  demonstrate excessive rigor, while in other cases, when this  strictness and rigidity are obviously needed, they are not applied.

Commenting on the leak of information of the people who died from  coronavirus, the expert noted that based on the degree of  effectiveness of the country's governance system, it can be assumed  that the likelihood of such leak along with growth in the number of  people involved in this process will only increase in the future. "It  is necessary to clearly understand that there are many media in  Armenia ready to publish any information that they will have access  to. In this whole story, the main thing is the appearance of secret  information in the hands of people who should not have it," he  emphasized. Responsibility for this, in the opinion of the expert,  primarily lies with those who possess this information. And here  again we have to admit that in Armenia the problem of information  security is still very far from being resolved. The problem of the  correct use of information has not been solved. Work in the  information sector is very unsatisfactory and inefficient.

"Unfortunately, I don't see that the government is realizing the need  for a more serious approach to these problems. Otherwise, we would  see the implementation of quite obvious steps in this direction.  Steps that do not require either courts or law enforcement agencies.  It's quite possible to block various actions harmful to information  security, only through the effective use of the mechanisms that the  authorities have.  However, this, for some reason, is not being done,  "Navasardyan concluded.