ArmInfo. One of the main achievements in our work in the past year was the institutional formation and development of the National Assembly. A similar opinion was expressed to ArmInfo by Gayane Abrahamyan, MP of the parliamentary faction of the My Step bloc.
"It was in this year that the parliament finally began to act as an independent and supervising body of the government. The evidence is a lot of government bills not approved by the parliament. There are also bills sent to the government from the National Assembly that were denied. There are projects adopted as a result of a joint review. All this allows us to speak about the formation of an environment of mutual cooperation between the government and parliament. I am glad that the executive and legislative branches, finally, have acted as mechanisms of mutual deterrence, they have acted as counterweights, "she said.
In general, the outgoing year was, according to Abrahamyan, a year of many achievements. In particular, the expectations of society from the introduction of a transitional justice system have found their way. And next year, this issue with the filing of the government will be in the spotlight of parliament. The lawmaker considers the reform of the Tax Code to be another achievement, which became possible as a result of well- coordinated joint work of the parliament and the government.
Abrahamyan explains the significant achievements of the parliament in the field of foreign policy with it legitimacy, which, according to her estimates, is registered for the first time. It is their own legitimacy that allows Armenian parliamentarians to speak with colleagues in the European Parliament, colleagues from other countries more confidently than their predecessors did.
"We are already seeing the first results of this state of affairs. They are manifested in an increase in financial assistance provided to Armenia by the EU and the USA. For example, the EU allocated 40 million more euros to Armenia in 2019 than previously planned. There was also an unplanned growth of financial assistance provided to us by the United States. I assess all this as evidence of the significant progress that has become possible, including through the formation of a legitimate National Assembly, "the parliamentarian concluded.