Petition against bill
Non-governmental organizations are calling on the Armenian government and National Assembly to call back the bill on making changes and additions in the RA Law on "Non-governmental organizations" and have organized a wide-ranging public discussion on the bill.
Over 100 non-governmental organizations on the list of the Civic Development and Partnership Foundation (CDPF) expressed their disagreement with the bill.
In the meantime, other non-governmental organizations have also started petitions against the bill.
According to "Ecolur", the reason for the wave of civic activeness is that the society sees a danger in the bill in terms of functioning and development of civil society in Armenia.
"Control of functionaries over civil society brings the destruction of democratic processes in Armenia and replaces them with false democratic processes which may lead to the return of Neo-Bolshevism," as stated in the organizations' petition.
