Prime Minister's appointment was in violation of constitutional norms - Levon Zurabyan (video)
During the debates on the newly-formed cabinet’s plan of actions in the Armenian National Assembly, Levon Zurabyan, Head of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) faction, said the government creates an opportunity to speak about the appointment of new cabinet members and give assessments to their work. “The Prime Minister's appointment was made in violation of constitutional norms. Serzh Sargsyan was to have consulted with parliamentary factions,” Zurabyan said. He did not deny that Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has done a good thing by dismissing governors and cabinet members who have robbed the country. “Only the lazy have not written about it. This has aroused hopes among people. But this might be a pre-election trick by Serzh Sargsyan whose sole purpose is to mitigate public hatred and ensure reproduction of his regime after which they will put aside their masks and devour people again,” the HAK lawmaker said. He thinks the new government was to have stopped the new Tax Code and then submit a plan of actions to the National Assembly. “We would like to mention that imports have exceeded exports three times. The program you have presented does not contain the diagnostic assessments that we are giving. It only urges to diagnose the government system in the shortest possible period of time. You do not say your vision; you do not present the drawbacks of the existing system; you do not say which economic model you want to create, you only present the tools. This program frees you from political responsibility before the voters. The government spoke positively about Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s proposals but we have not seen definite steps so far. “Either you have not read the government program or you have been given wrong information. There are short and long-term phases for the program implementation, both are very ambitious. The Republicans do not need salvation, there are no saviours here,” Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov said in reply.
