Panorama.am
16:47 04/07/2007
MORE REFORMS LESS TRUST
The second attempt for constitutional reforms, also failed to make the
main rule become the saint document people would believe in. And more
,’It deepened the distrust `, announced `Democracy’ NGO leader and
reform expert Vardan Poghosyan in today’s press conference. According
to the public opinion, he thinks it goes not with the reform content
but with its illegitimate acceptance fact. V.Poghosyan mentioned that
comparing with 1995 accepted reform, the 2005 reform amendments are
closer to democracy provisions. The first reform was formally
democratic, while within it had just one hero-the president. `At the
result of the last amendments a more stabilized government was formed,
government segregation principles were underlined, and the court
governance was freed from presidential influence’, mentioned the NGO
leader.
The reform expert underlined the positive changes in the human rights
security field, taking into account that each physical and legal body
has the right to apply to the Constitutional Court. ‘Shortcomings are
also numerous. The greatest is the citizenship shortcoming’, he said,
adding that the functioning citizenship institute is anti reform.
`Among the shortcomings can also be mentioned the combination of the
authorizations and functions of the president’ added V.Poghosyan.
According to the reform expert even the best constitution can stay on
paper without the government and the society will manifestation.
Source: Panorama.am