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    AGENDAS OF ARMENIA'S AUTHORITIES, OPPOSITION FORCES INCOMPATIBLE: OPINIONS

    21:50 * 16.07.14

    Armenia's authorities and opposition forces have two different
    agendas and are following them, political scientist Karen Kocharyan
    told Tert.am.

    "The impression is that both of them are cut off from reality. The
    opposition protested against the planned increase in electricity
    prices and the law on funded pensions, but the authorities did what
    they planned. They reach agreements on rare occasions," Kocharyan
    said. The constitutional reforms are an issue the authorities and
    the opposition forces cannot agree on.

    Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia parliamentary group Naira
    Zohrabyan compared public discussions of constitutional reforms to the
    discussions of Leonid Brezhnev's "Virgin Lands" throughout the Soviet
    Union, which was ordered by the Soviet leadership in the early 1970s.

    "When you see who are participating in the discussion, you can see
    workers of regional and rural administrations, who are brought pro
    forma and later return to their everyday activities."

    The Prosperous Armenia party believes that there is no public demand
    for constitutional reforms now.

    "I would like to quote Chairman of the Commission for Constitutional
    Reforms Gagik Harutyunyan who said that 'without a public and political
    consensus on the necessity for reforms, forced reforms could have
    negative consequences.' I fully agree with Mr Harutyunyan."

    Artsvik Minasyan of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) parliamentary group, which is for constitutional
    reforms, said that the group calls for active participation in the
    discussions and putting forward demands.

    The ARF-D is for system reforms. On the other hand, if the system
    remains unchanged, persons involved in the system will be inclined
    to turn into "monsters."

    "Our demand is as follows: without changes of the government
    system, we cannot expect any serious political developments toward
    improvement. We could have a reformed Constitution, with human rights
    protection points, but if we leave the political system unchanged,
    we will always have this 'super-presidential' system, which will
    destroy all the constitutional institutes."

    Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member Manvel
    Badeyan commented on Ms Zohrabyan's words, saying:

    "What does it mean there is no public demand? But people want radical
    reforms, which are only possible by means of Constitutional reforms."

    Armenian News - Tert.am


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