IN ARMEN ASHOTIAN’S WORDS, ARMENIA HAS A GREAT NUMBER OF OFFICIALS FOR
WHOM IT IS DIFFICULT TO ACT IN LINE WITH LETTER OF CONSTITUTION
YEREVAN, JULY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. Armen Ashotian, a member of the Board of
the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the RPA parliamentary
faction, considers that the constitutional culture has been formed in
Armenia. As he stated at the July 5 press conference, though in the
past 15 years there were some phenomena in the political-public life,
which do not fit into the Constitution, nevertheless, according to A.
Ashotian’s observation, such phenomena are gradually decreasing. He
said that as a result of the May 12 elections, during the formation of
the government, the most part of the constitutional provisions has been
already fulfilled, though, "there are a great number of officials, for
which it is difficult to act in line with the letter of the
Constitution."
The MP stated that the current RA Constitution solves two important
problems, formation of public power and securing of different freedoms.
In A. Ashotian’s words, the Constitution also contains "grounds for the
future." Touching upon the 2005 referendum on constitutional
amendments, the RPA Board member said that "this was the Rubicon the
opposition did not manage to overcome and to reproduce itself." In his
opinion, "not becoming the "torch-bearer" of these reforms, the
opposition missed its chance of entering the political sphere from
positive positions."
Commenting upon the NA’s voting down the parcel envisaging amendments
to the laws "On Television and Radio" and "On State Duty," A. Ashotian
said that the reason of its faulure was not the parliamentary
opposition’s special tactics, but "insufficient mobilization" of
pro-governmental forces. He also said that we should not "present Radio
Liberty as the only sunray in the Armenian media sphere."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
