According to our Hetq partners, Armen Sarkissian was a citizen of a small Caribbean country called St. Kitts and Nevis before being elected president. In response to that publication, it was officially announced that the information was being verified by the NSS. Of course, it is necessary, although it would have been better if Pashinyan had given such an assignment in May 2018, rather than saying that everything is normal with regard to the president’s papers. It is noteworthy that now the President’s Office claims that Hetq’s publication creates a false agenda, but does not deny the content of this publication, which, of course, deepens the suspicions.
However, regardless of the real reasons for the president’s resignation, the consequences of this step are more or less obvious. Just as the RPA elected a suitable president who, in his opinion, would not hinder the implementation of its programs, so the Civil Contract will now use the same opportunity.
What is the talk about?
According to the current Constitution, the only relatively serious competence of the President is not to sign the laws adopted by the National Assembly and to send them to the Constitutional Court. Now imagine that our parliament is passing a law according to which April 24 is no longer a day of mourning. (I take an extreme example, but I suppose that the Armenian government will have to take such a step within the framework of the “Armenian-Turkish settlement”).
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As far as I understand, such a step by most citizens of Armenia will be accepted, only if the “former regime” does not return. In the Diaspora, such approaches, of course, cause anger. The former president, who was closely associated with the Diaspora, would not sign a law with that content and would send it to the Constitutional Court. As the court is not completely in Pashinyan’s pocket, it is not clear yet what decision the court would make. In short, it will be a headache. The president appointed by the Civil Contract will sign any “Armenian-Azerbaijani” or “Armenian-Turkish” document without any headaches. Thus, there will be no “procedural” obstacles to the implementation of the current government’s programs.
As for who will personally be the “puncher” of all the decisions of the National Assembly, it is not so important, there are thousands of people in Armenia who are ready to do that simple task, enjoying some formal, external pleasures – residence, bodyguard, escort, etc. What is the point of looking at a cup of coffee to decide what that person’s last name will be?
Aram Abrahamyan
