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OPPOSITIONIST: THE BILL "ON THE LEGAL REGIME OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY" IS A WAY TO CIVIL WAR
arminfo
Friday, March 23, 20:38
The bill "On the legal regime of a state of emergency" is a serious
threat to the public and political situation in Armenia, if we take
into account the fact that despite requirements of the Constitution,
it lets using of the army units for suppression of public unrest,
ex-military prosecutor of Armenia, Gagik Jangiryan, said at today's
press-conference.
He also added that experience of other countries shows that using of
the armed forces by the authorities against their own citizens very
often leads to the situation when a part of servicemen do not want
to fire at their compatriots and join the opposition, as a result
of which a civil war starts. He said that such a scenario in Armenia
will have catastrophic consequences.
"The Constitution of Armenia directly bans participation of army
in the political processes. In this context the desire of the
Armenian authorities should be put aside. No law can level the
anti-Constitutional using of the army, and take the responsibility
off the authorities' hands. No democratic country has such laws. This
may be an ordinary phenomenon somewhere in Kongo or Birma, but no
European country has a practice of using army against the citizens
of the country", - he said.
The National Assembly of Armenia approved on Wednesday the second and
final reading of a bill determining the legal regime of the state of
emergency by 68 votes "for", 0 votes "against", and 0 "abstentions".
The president in cooperation with the prime minister and the parliament
speaker can announce the state of emergency in response to a real
threat to the country's constitutional system, like a coup, an armed
rebellion, mass disturbances, an occupation, an ethnic, racial or
religious conflict, and can be ensured by the police and the national
security service. The army should be used only if the police and the
national security service fail the task.
arminfo
Friday, March 23, 20:38
The bill "On the legal regime of a state of emergency" is a serious
threat to the public and political situation in Armenia, if we take
into account the fact that despite requirements of the Constitution,
it lets using of the army units for suppression of public unrest,
ex-military prosecutor of Armenia, Gagik Jangiryan, said at today's
press-conference.
He also added that experience of other countries shows that using of
the armed forces by the authorities against their own citizens very
often leads to the situation when a part of servicemen do not want
to fire at their compatriots and join the opposition, as a result
of which a civil war starts. He said that such a scenario in Armenia
will have catastrophic consequences.
"The Constitution of Armenia directly bans participation of army
in the political processes. In this context the desire of the
Armenian authorities should be put aside. No law can level the
anti-Constitutional using of the army, and take the responsibility
off the authorities' hands. No democratic country has such laws. This
may be an ordinary phenomenon somewhere in Kongo or Birma, but no
European country has a practice of using army against the citizens
of the country", - he said.
The National Assembly of Armenia approved on Wednesday the second and
final reading of a bill determining the legal regime of the state of
emergency by 68 votes "for", 0 votes "against", and 0 "abstentions".
The president in cooperation with the prime minister and the parliament
speaker can announce the state of emergency in response to a real
threat to the country's constitutional system, like a coup, an armed
rebellion, mass disturbances, an occupation, an ethnic, racial or
religious conflict, and can be ensured by the police and the national
security service. The army should be used only if the police and the
national security service fail the task.