“The discussions in parliament, our suggested changes, and the government’s observations created a strange situation,” the head of the Vanadzor branch of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, Artur Sakunts, said during a press conference regarding the government plan and the part about human rights.
“The government did not say that we were not right. It instead said that our worries will go away in the future with this plan due to some activities or strategies. It seems that this plan was written very urgently or quickly. It also seems that they tried to present this plan as quickly as possible due to the time limits,” Sakunts said.
“Regarding the Constitution, do we accept that the Constitution has problems? It at least should have included that there are plans to make changes in the Constitution. But I do have to say that the biggest problems for me are the principles of separation and balance. It seems that this has nothing to do with human rights, but in reality it does, since this is the foundation of it.” Sakunts added that the government did not even include a time frame in its plan. It would have even been satisfactory for the government to have included some sort of bigger picture, because the uncertainty in the government plan brings forth fundamental doubts.
Nelly Grigoryan
