Samvel Babayan: There is constitutional crisis in Artsakh

ArmInfo.Former secretary of the Artsakh Security Council, former commander of the Defense Army Samvel Babayan alarms about a constitutional crisis in the NKR.   Thus, in a statement by Babayan, received by ArmInfo, it is noted  that against the background of possible internal political  developments in Artsakh, the information skirmish is growing.

<As a result of political reorganization, the goal of coming to power  justifies the means. In any case, before and after the 2020 national  elections, I have always, including publicly, stressed the importance  of constitutional reforms. The issue was also a key one within the  framework of the memorandum of cooperation signed between the "Free  Motherland-UCA" bloc of parties and the "United Motherland" party.  The need to amend the constitution became acute in the post-war  period>, the politician noted.

At the same time, he believes that the "one step forward, two steps  back" tactics of the initiative to amend the Constitution led to a  constitutional crisis, the attempts to resolve which began to be  linked to personnel policy and / or the replacement of individuals.

Babayan is convinced that this approach was also simply situational,  which, instead of balancing, created a counterbalance to power,  which, in turn, deepened the crisis.

<In the "super-presidential" model of governance of Artsakh, it seems  that the branches of power are separated, but there are no practical  balancing mechanisms - everything starts with the institution of the  president and ends there.

At the same time, everyone can make a decision, but the  responsibility for the consequences of all these decisions again  rests with the president. That is why everyone is in power, but  incompetent, everyone is endowed with power, but not responsibility.  Even if they want to, they cannot take it upon themselves, since the  "monopoly" of responsibility by the Constitution is assigned to the  president.

Under the conditions of such constitutional regulation, will someone  have a desire to be in power, can someone aspire to occupy any  position? Someone, maybe, but not me>,  said the politician.

Therefore, he believes that the constitutional crisis that has arisen  in Artsakh, with all the ensuing consequences, lies on the conscience  of the political and public circles of Artsakh, who suffer solely  from an obsession with holding a position, stealing from the state  budget, being as close as possible to the ruling circles, but not  wanting to share political and social responsibility.

<The situation in Artsakh and its environs is a direct consequence of  the constitutional crisis, therefore, instead of engaging in idle  work to mitigate its consequences, all our efforts should be aimed at  eliminating its causes.

I call on those who are concerned about the preservation of the last  fragments of the subjectivity of Artsakh to direct all possible  efforts to resolve the crisis, which can only be done with  constitutional amendments," Babayan concluded.

Earlier, the President of Artsakh initiated the process of amendments  to the main law of the country.