Armenian government program for 2021-2026 contains serious risks - Joint statement of "Hayastan" and "I Have Honor"

ArmInfo. Armenian government  program for 2021-2026 contains serious risks. This is stated in a  joint statement of the opposition "Hayastan" ("Armenia") and "I Have  Honor" blocs.  Earlier today, the National Assembly adopted the  program of the Government of Armenia. 70 lawmakers voted "for" the  adoption of the program, no one voted "against" or "abstained".  Opposition factions - "Hayastan" and "I Have Honor" did not take part  in the voting, leaving the meeting room.  

Opposition factions in a joint statement noted that on August 24-26  the National Assembly discussed and "the ruling force adopted the  so-called government program, which did not contain practical  solutions to existing urgent problems, moreover, contained serious  risks." "During the discussion, a number of issues of public concern  were raised, to which mainly the authorities gave false, manipulative  or evasive answers.

Moreover, on August 25, open hooliganism against the members of the  opposition faction, planned by the ruling group, took place.

It should be noted that the competent authority, obliged to prevent  hooligan antics, deliberately delayed measures to suppress them. The  scuffle took place on the part of the ruling force during an exchange  of views in order to once again establish a dictatorial regime even  in parliament. Having familiarized ourselves with the message spread  in the Prosecutor General's Office, we note that, as before, in this  case, not a single representative of the ruling group was subjected  to any fines or criminal liability.

It is worth noting that the document, which should be a state  program, literally said that the courts, prosecutors and  investigative bodies "must ensure that the government fulfills the  mandate received from the people," in other words, the abolition of  the independence of law enforcement agencies is a programmatic  provision.

Let us fix that this government, headed by Nikol Pashinyan, bears  full responsibility for the current disgraceful state of the  interstate road in Syunik, as well as for the impudent, criminal act  with possible disastrous consequences that took place in the National  Assembly, "the authors of the statement noted.

To recall, on August 18, the government approved its program of  activities for the next 5th anniversary, in which it fixed a number  of goals. The program consists of 6 sections: security and foreign  policy, economics, infrastructure development, human capital  development, law and justice, institutional development. The document  was presented to parliament on 24 August.