Thursday, September 16 2021 14:02

ArmInfo. The vague nature of the authorities' strategy leaves no room for predicting its goals and priorities in the initiated process of the next reforming of the  Armenian Constitution. President of Yerevan Press Club Boris  Navasardyan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.

 "It is not known how the authorities see the future of the Republic of Armenia. The  political situation has completely changed over the past three years.  And it is very difficult for me to imagine the priorities by which  the authorities are guided today in this matter. In any case, there  is no consistency in their actions, which in turn hinders the  possibility of any forecasting, "he said.

On August 18, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the  government's intention to hold broad discussions on constitutional  reforms in the country. In this light, the prime minister singled out  the 44-day war as a new stimulus for these discussions, in the light  of the emergence of many questions about the effectiveness and  adequacy of the current parliamentary system of government. Recall  that on March 1, Pashinyan announced his intention to reform the  Constitution in October in order to return to the previous,  semi-presidential system of government.

In any case, Navasardyan considers this initiative of the ruling  force significantly delayed - the Constitution should have been  amended in a couple of months after the election of a new parliament  in 2018. Insofar as its main shortcomings were known, perhaps, to  everyone. The issue of the Constitution, in his opinion, should be  resolved as quickly as possible, if the force that carried out the  revolution understood why it carried it out and, accordingly, how it  sees the future of Armenia.

Against this background, the ruling party and opposition factions in  parliament, according to him, continue to waste time on discussions  and skirmishes, now around the candidacies of deputy chairmen of  parliamentary commissions. In this light, Navasardyan is convinced  that the National Assembly is dealing with completely different  issues than those that it should deal with. In his opinion, the  behavior of the people's representatives does not correspond at all  to either their mission or the current situation.  "All this causes  extreme concern. And, apparently, the reason for this behavior of  parliamentarians is that in reality, decisions are made instead of  them by completely different people. But in any case, this is their  own choice, everything is in their hands. And if these people decided  to behave like worthy politicians, then they could ask, receive and  give answers to many questions. But we see that in fact they have  come to terms with the idea that in a parliamentary republic  decisions are made not by them, but by other people outside the walls  of parliament, " - Navasardyan summed up.