INSTRUMENT WILL ALWAYS BE USED

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16:01:27 | 09-04-2005 | Politics |

As a matter of fact the constitutional amendments have become a
purposeful event in Armenia their purpose being no the improvement
of the legislation but the fulfillment of commitments to Europe.

The constitutional amendments in multi-party Armenia are carried out
by several political forces. The parliamentary and extraparliamentary
forces affirm that the changes exercised by the authorities really
have nothing in common with «reforms». Thus the opposition refuses
to take part in any kind of discussions though they have thwir own
suggestion on different items of the Constitution.

In this view chairman of the Conservative party of Armenia Mikael
Hayrapetyan adheres to an extreme approach. Being an opponent of
the acting Constitution still in 1998, he refrains from expressing
any opinion. «Those, who participate in the discussion of the
constitutional amendments want to prolong the terms of the incumbent
illegal authorities

According to one of the proposal of the parliamentary opposition,
the Mayor of Yerevan should be elective. However they are convinced
that the leadership will not admit it, as the majority of the
population resides in the city and an elective Mayor should become
a counterbalance to the President.

«In our opinion everything should be regulated by the law. If Yerevan
were a real community there would be less problems with the appearance
of our city, settlement of social problems, human rights protection,
deputy of Justice faction Grigor Harutyunyan says. In his words a
strong community can become the heart of the strong state.

As for the problem of dismissal of the head of the local
self-government body, the opposition considers inadmissible if an
elective body is dismissed by a representative of an appointed body –
marzpet or government.

In regards to the terms of the authorities of the head of the local
self-government bodies opposition does not conflict with the proposal
to extend it from 3 to 4 years. «However if the head of the community
and the local community council are used as instruments for exercising
injustices, the term does not matter», Grigor Harutyunyan noted.

Lena Badeyan

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