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WHO'S NEXT "BLOOD DONOR" FOR CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT?
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator Comments - Thursday, 20 February
2014, 12:26
The Armenian public administration system has already denied the
Constitutional Court for three times before March 28 regarding the
mandatory funded pension.
Earlier the State Revenue Committee and the Central Bank, and
afterwards the Ministry of Finance announced that funded pension
payments are mandatory.
Interestingly, with those statements of these bodies, the body named
Constitutional Court never ever reminded about its own decisions that
non-payment of funded pension will incur liability.
Hence, the government agencies are telling the citizens that they
don't care about the decision of the Constitutional Court and since
they have decided that the funded pension is mandatory, the payments
are mandatory.
On the one hand, such behavior is psychological pressure on the
citizens to defy the decision of the Constitutional Court and make
their payments "just in case" to avoid any trouble. After all,
Armenia is not a country of law and the citizens may mean that if
the SRC, CB and MoF ignore the decision of the Constitutional Court,
they will ignore the decision of any other court.
On the other hand, besides the psychological pressure on citizens,
there is pressure on the Constitutional Court and the head of this
structure Gagik Harutiunyan.
The government agencies which have made their statements on the
mandatory funded pension certainly did it upon the consent of the
political leadership. Hence, there is a political decision to "deny"
the chair of the Constitutional Court Gagik Tsarukyan.
It is not clear what Gagik Harutiunyan has done. It is not clear
why Serzh Sargsyan is allowing the government agencies to "deny" a
person with whom, aside from a political relationship, he has a family
relationship. Obviously, however, Gagik Tsarukyan is being relegated.
It may have to do with March 28, and the government is trying to
insure itself against an undesirable decision, slightly hinting to
him that the wave of denial may grow in case the Constitutional Court
dismisses the law on the mandatory funded pension on March 28.
Although, it is also possible that the problem is bigger than the
mandatory funded pension. Armenia is coming close to an important
stage of dealing with change of president. Armenia has already dealt
with the same issue twice. Once it was done through an internal coup
which ended up in October 27 two years later.
The second was done through March 1.
Apparently, the change of president in Armenia cannot be resolved
without blood. First, the blood of part of the government was shed,
then the blood of the citizens. The ruling system wonders whose blood
will be shed this time for the third change of president. If the daisy
method is used, and a lot of issues in Armenia are resolved by this
method, the third option will be the blood of part of the government.
The worldview, values, thinking and kind of the government of Armenia
is not sufficient to work out peaceful ways of change of government.
The Constitutional Court has a special role and importance in
the process of change of government. The Constitution not but the
Constitutional Court has.
A lot will depend on the decision of the Constitutional Court on
change of government and forming government in general.
In this context, the topical issue is to find out who the
Constitutional Court depends on and who will have influence on this
structure. Apparently, struggle for the Constitutional Court starts in
the new stage of domestic developments in Armenia, apparently to avoid
the role of "blood donor" in the next stage of change of government.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31946#sthash.AIJmF7Mc.dpuf
Hakob Badalyan, Political Commentator Comments - Thursday, 20 February
2014, 12:26
The Armenian public administration system has already denied the
Constitutional Court for three times before March 28 regarding the
mandatory funded pension.
Earlier the State Revenue Committee and the Central Bank, and
afterwards the Ministry of Finance announced that funded pension
payments are mandatory.
Interestingly, with those statements of these bodies, the body named
Constitutional Court never ever reminded about its own decisions that
non-payment of funded pension will incur liability.
Hence, the government agencies are telling the citizens that they
don't care about the decision of the Constitutional Court and since
they have decided that the funded pension is mandatory, the payments
are mandatory.
On the one hand, such behavior is psychological pressure on the
citizens to defy the decision of the Constitutional Court and make
their payments "just in case" to avoid any trouble. After all,
Armenia is not a country of law and the citizens may mean that if
the SRC, CB and MoF ignore the decision of the Constitutional Court,
they will ignore the decision of any other court.
On the other hand, besides the psychological pressure on citizens,
there is pressure on the Constitutional Court and the head of this
structure Gagik Harutiunyan.
The government agencies which have made their statements on the
mandatory funded pension certainly did it upon the consent of the
political leadership. Hence, there is a political decision to "deny"
the chair of the Constitutional Court Gagik Tsarukyan.
It is not clear what Gagik Harutiunyan has done. It is not clear
why Serzh Sargsyan is allowing the government agencies to "deny" a
person with whom, aside from a political relationship, he has a family
relationship. Obviously, however, Gagik Tsarukyan is being relegated.
It may have to do with March 28, and the government is trying to
insure itself against an undesirable decision, slightly hinting to
him that the wave of denial may grow in case the Constitutional Court
dismisses the law on the mandatory funded pension on March 28.
Although, it is also possible that the problem is bigger than the
mandatory funded pension. Armenia is coming close to an important
stage of dealing with change of president. Armenia has already dealt
with the same issue twice. Once it was done through an internal coup
which ended up in October 27 two years later.
The second was done through March 1.
Apparently, the change of president in Armenia cannot be resolved
without blood. First, the blood of part of the government was shed,
then the blood of the citizens. The ruling system wonders whose blood
will be shed this time for the third change of president. If the daisy
method is used, and a lot of issues in Armenia are resolved by this
method, the third option will be the blood of part of the government.
The worldview, values, thinking and kind of the government of Armenia
is not sufficient to work out peaceful ways of change of government.
The Constitutional Court has a special role and importance in
the process of change of government. The Constitution not but the
Constitutional Court has.
A lot will depend on the decision of the Constitutional Court on
change of government and forming government in general.
In this context, the topical issue is to find out who the
Constitutional Court depends on and who will have influence on this
structure. Apparently, struggle for the Constitutional Court starts in
the new stage of domestic developments in Armenia, apparently to avoid
the role of "blood donor" in the next stage of change of government.
- See more at:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31946#sthash.AIJmF7Mc.dpuf