“Yelq” MP Edmon Marukyan, replying to the question on how the Parliament can work without an opposition, urged not to make predictions too soon: “On May 8, Mr. Pashinyan, as we hope, will be elected as the PM, after that, we will speak about each and every question. Essentially, it is a force majeure situation, that is – it is not clear who is the stable majority, it is not clear what is going on, but the following example exists in the international practice – he is going to become the minority Prime Minister. That is, when 3 forces have nominated him and the 4th force has a majority at the moment, they support by a supposed X vote for the country to have a PM and a government is formed. It is called minority government, which, as we know, is temporary.”
He said that the minority government may solve issues, the first among them is making amendments in the “Electoral Code” and preparing it for snap parliamentary elections, and before that also to providing the country with stability and development.
Asked how they are going to succeed in making amendments in the “Electoral Code” if this is a minority government, Edmon Marukyan answered, “It will be in a result of negotiations. Politics is an art of possible, there is nothing impossible, it is possible to also achieve amendments in Constitution through negotiations, otherwise, the crisis will proceed.”
He said that there have been many cases in the US when the country’s leader has lost the majority in the Senate and started to use the power of executive authority: “Pashinyan’s government can make changes in the everyday life without attending the Parliament.”
To the question, if it was possible for “Yelq” bloc members to fail in working jointly after this situation, taking into consideration their disagreement in street fight, Edmon Marukyan responded: “I would not hurry up to make suchlike announcements, as soon as we have not held discussions on that topic. I think we still have a lot of work ahead to do.”
Asked how possible is for “Yelq” to form a coalition with the Republican Party of Armenia, Edmon Marukyan replied: “I do not have such information, I talked about minority government. I have not participated in such discussions. I believe, it will be discussed after Pashinyan’s election. It is an undeniable fact that we need the Republicans’ votes for making amendments in the “Electoral Code” and adopting other laws. How we are going to achieve it through negotiations, the life will show.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
