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JUNE 1, 2018
Last week the entire Armenian people
solemnly celebrated the 100th anniversary of the formation of the First Republic.
The celebrations were traditionally held at Sardarapat, where for a hundred years
The suffering Armenian people found strength in themselves and defeated the Turkish army. However,
as the Russians say, “a spoonful of oil in a barrel of honey” was found. National Assembly
The members of the Republican faction made a big noise that it was not theirs
invited to Sardarapat to celebrate that jubilee.
“May 28 is a national and national holiday, and so am I
I consider it absurd not to invite the leaders of the legislative body to the event.” NEWS.amDeputy speaker of the National Assembly, RPA press secretary Eduard said in a conversation with the correspondent of
Sharmazanov, noting that the 100th anniversary of the First Republic in Sardarapat
13 members of the National Assembly were invited to the events, only three of them were from the RPA.
He was responded to by a deputy of the same faction, the vice-president of the party, Armen
Ashotyan. “Today’s holiday is not the property of anyone, of anyone’s class
It’s not a party, it’s not someone’s family and personal event… It’s surprising when
people who consider themselves adequate try to justify today’s celebrations
Defeat of the issue of proper participation of the National Assembly. And unfortunately, it was done on purpose
approach contradicts both the advice of the day, unity, and “love and
to the calls of “solidarity”, Ashotyan noted.
Thus, for the first time, the legislative power, which is the parliamentary majority, spoke publicly against the executive power. And this is commendable, because we are finally witnessing the real separation of legislative and executive powers. For the first time, the parliamentary majority acted as a real counterweight to the executive power. And why did this happen only recently, when Nikol Pashinyan came to power with his young team? Why didn’t something like this happen for at least the last twenty years, when the legislature unconditionally, without thinking about the consequences of the steps, made the decisions that were presented for signing by the executive power in the person of the President of the Republic of Armenia. This is worth thinking about.
When many constitutions were written in favor of this
or that president, the NA with its majority composition never voted. When?
Executive of the Ministry of Justice headed by Davit Harutyunyan
The government body developed the “Security Council formation and activity
about” law, the parliamentary majority voted “for” without a word. Is it?
when passing this law, they thought about the interests of the state, or realized
were that by adopting a law in that form, neither the president of the parliament nor the country
the president will not be a member of the Council. All other board members prospective
They worked under the authority of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, the Security Council
Secretary, Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, National
the director of the security service, the chief of the police, the general staff of the army
the boss In fact, a complete usurpation of power by Sargsyan was taking place
by He was the one who decided the fate of the entire country and the entire Armenian people. What if something?
place “wrong?” Who would be responsible then? Is it?
Did the Sharmazanovs and Ashotyans think about it? So why it?
at that time they did not make a noise and did not say how it could be
The Security Council should be without the president of the country and the speaker of the National Assembly. Where were they?
those, when the commission created on the issue of March 1 events
the results were “watered down” when in 2016 as a result of the April 4-day war
we lost more than a hundred soldiers and a considerable area. Who should answer this?
request. Why didn’t they say that the people chose us, and we have the right?
we have to demand an impartial investigation of the cases.
Let’s go back
to the topic. Even if Ashotyan and Sharmazanov were not officially invited, let them
they would go to that holiday and stand next to the Armenian people as privates
citizens. After all, they are the representatives of that people and they are “chosen”.
by the people,” as they like to say. May seeing them among the people,
Pashinyan would be ashamed and invite him to the podium, apologize for the mistake he made
for But can the RPA members, who are so numerous, take such a step?
cut off from the people, that even now, after twenty days of the work of the new government,
do not have a proper understanding of what is actually happening in the country.
Soviet
After the collapse of the Union, the Communist Party was not dissolved
was not convicted of crimes committed during the Soviet period. Maybe
if this were to happen, the RPA (in essence, the successor of the Communist Party in Armenia)
he would not commit such monstrous crimes against his own people and homeland.
Karapet Kalenchyan
https://acnis.am/hy/ambion/20-2018
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