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| 16:40:06 | 27-04-2005 | Politics |
ELECTIONS ARE TO COME AND THE LAW IS FULL OF SHORTCOMINGS
`The changes in the part about the Local self-governing bodies in the
Constitutional amendments show us clearly that they are inferior to the
present Constitution in many points and they have lost many important
things.’ This was the opinion of Sos Gimishyan, member of the Community
Financier Union Administration. According to him, the shortcomings are more
in the offered variant.
For example, non-confidence can be voiced not only to the community head but
also to the alderman. By the way, in 1995 when the Constitution was being
processed, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation criticized most the point
where the appointed government can voice non-confidence to the elected
people.
Another point: according to the present order community heads are elected
within a month. Now it is suggested that the elections should take 3 months.
Sos Gimishyan considers the changes about Yerevan inaccurate too. `Today’s
shortcoming is that Yerevan is a region and is governed by the appointed
governor. It is not ideal but at least it is accurate. Now they say it is a
community but the head is appointed. This is complete illiteracy. What
exists now is at least juridically correct.’ By the way Mr. Gimishyan notes
that both the present and the previous authorities were afraid of the
Yerevan elected mayor.
By the way, the point in the law adopted in 2002 according to which
check-ups are ceased in the communities a month before the elections is
offered to be excluded.