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National Assembly Debating Civilian Oversight of Police, National Security Service
YEREVAN—Deputy Chief of the Armenian National Police Service Hovannes Kocharyan has been relieved of his responsibilities after publicly objecting to a bill currently being discussed in the National Assembly to change the way heads of the Armenian security community are appointed. President Armen Sarkisian signed a decree last week confirming this decision on the recommendation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Vladimir Karapetian, the spokesman for the Prime Minister’s office, explained that the former Deputy Chief broke the law which requires police to remain neutral in politics.
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Considering that few weeks ago, My Step member governor of Ararat marz (Mr “crocodile man”) declared that police forces shall serve the government (!!), we can only worry about this project.
The views of Matthew Light are acceptable only in a case where democracy is well established, civil society is strong and every government is committed to genuine democracy which is not the case in Armenia. My Step often place its own political interest above the general interest, and is doing everything to place its pawns often at the expense of democracy.
They justify their actions by the strong mandate they received despite they got elected to bring transparency and improve the democratic level of Armenian institutions, instead they are just perpetuating old fashioned politics.
What else could we have expected from LTP cronies? The “revolution” is being hijacked. its essence is being thrown appart but its ok, the guy is good on selfies and looks sympathetic….