ELECTIONS ARE TO COME AND THE LAW IS FULL OF SHORTCOMINGS

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“The changes in the part about the Local self-governing bodies in the Constitutional amendments show us clearly that they are inferior to the present Constitution in many points and they have lost many important things.” This was the opinion of Sos Gimishyan, member of the Community Financier Union Administration. According to him, the shortcomings are more in the offered variant.

For example, non-confidence can be voiced not only to the community head but also to the alderman. By the way, in 1995 when the Constitution was being processed, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation criticized most the point where the appointed government can voice non-confidence to the elected people.

Another point: according to the present order community heads are elected within a month. Now it is suggested that the elections should take 3 months.

Sos Gimishyan considers the changes about Yerevan inaccurate too. “Today’s shortcoming is that Yerevan is a region and is governed by the appointed governor. It is not ideal but at least it is accurate. Now they say it is a community but the head is appointed. This is complete illiteracy. What exists now is at least juridically correct.” By the way Mr. Gimishyan notes that both the present and the previous authorities were afraid of the Yerevan elected mayor.

By the way, the point in the law adopted in 2002 according to which check-ups are ceased in the communities a month before the elections is offered to be excluded.