Lawmaker from opposition "Bright Armenia" faction Arkady Khachatryan raised the question of martial law in the country and asked PM Nikol Pashinyan whether political reasons are behind the government decision to keep the law in force three months after the end of the war. Khachatryan's question came at the Q/A session in parliament on Wednesday.
The parliamentarian reminded that when the parliament earlier addressed the issue of lifting the regime, which was declared nationwide on September 27, the ruling force assured the matter could be solved within days. Khachatryan reminded that the government used to highlight the need for attracting institutional investments and asked directly Pashinyan whether the latter would make investments in a country which is still in a regime of martial law.
"Whenever the grounds for maintaining the martial law are eliminated, which is conditioned by the security environment, the regime will be lifted," Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan responded, adding keeping the regime in effect is not conditioned with political motives.
The minister added that not the martial law impedes the attraction of investments but the factual grounds that justified the decision to introduce martial law.