Tuesday, May 1 2018 13:59

ArmInfo. "The Armenian legislation has tried very hard to form a super-premier system in a parliamentary country, I pledge to eradicate this system and make the government  more level-headed," said Nikol Pashinyan, a candidate for prime ministers, parliament deputy and leader of the protest movement at a special meeting of the National Assembly.

According to Pashinyan, saying that in future the page of history  will be closed in Armenia, when the government headed by the prime  minister can impose its decisions on the entire state system, meaning  that these changes will be made within the framework of the laws. "We  will achieve this within the framework of legislative changes and  reduction of the powers of the head of government, and not because we  will hope for the good will of the prime minister," he said.

According to the candidate for the premieres, within the framework of  this logic, the Police and the National Security Service of Armenia  should change their current status to a ministerial one, thus  ensuring the accountability of these structures to the National  Assembly. "This is hampered by a number of constitutional and  legislative provisions, but they are surmountable," he explained.

To date, as emphasized by Nikol Pashinyan, too many powers are  concentrated in the hands of the prime minister. "State institutions,  including the institution of the presidency, are deprived of all  sorts of powers - the president is assigned the status of an office  worker, and this is hitting the authority of the state," Pashinyan  said.