ArmInfo. There are no reforms in Armenia today with the course of which I would be satisfied. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by the leader of the "Enlightened Armenia" party Edmon Marukyan.
"For example, behind the reforms in the justice sector, unfortunately, the return of torture to penitentiary institutions is already evident. This was not observed for a long time, however, today the torture of people in our penitentiary institutions is again becoming a reality. Any reform has its own period. And, in my opinion, the period for transitional justice is over. All this had to be done immediately after the revolution, "he said.
Judicial and legal reform, according to Marukyan, has totally failed. And Prime Minister Pashinyan initially accepted and supported the idea of vetting proposed by Enlightened Armenia, but then, for some reason, refused it. Moreover, judges due to whose fault Armenia pays compensation according to the decisions of the ECHR today become members of the Constitutional Court and candidates for presidency of the Constitutional Court, and do not resign, as the prime minister demanded.
Based on this state of affairs, the politician characterizes the authorities as unprincipled and inconsistent in the implementation of their own plans and decisions. Power is quite consistently destroying all the hopes of society connected with itself. And according to Marukyan's estimates, one should not expect from the authorities of such content, such quality and such a level of professionalism the resurrection of the judicial and legal reform.
At the same time, according to the politician's assessments, there is certainly a professional staff in Armenia, and not only in the judicial and legal, but also in other, very different spheres. However, their involvement in work for the benefit of a common cause is hindered by the separation of "blacks" and "whites" proclaimed by the authorities. Which is quite consistent with her policy of separation. Meanwhile, the limited resources of Armenia simply dictate the need for the opposite process – the process of consolidation.
At the same time, Marukyan in no way considers Robert Kocharian or Serzh Sargsyan as such professionals, who have already managed to demonstrate their own abilities in the last two decades. According to him, these are people from the past, meanwhile, today Armenia needs people of the future. This is what today's reality demands.
"I mean a lot of professionals who have never held government positions and posts in Armenia. These are people from the private sector, public organizations, the media sphere, the academic sphere. These are the people who need to be involved in governing the country. Meanwhile, Nikol Pashinyan's power continues the work of his predecessors. What Kocharyan and Sargsyan did not manage to finish. To make sure that I am right, just look at the Republicans in the "My Step" bloc or at the notorious cadres of Serzh Sargsyan in the Pashinyan government, "concluded Marukyan.