Switalski: Parliamentary model of governance is the best for Armenia,  but Constitution should be amended

ArmInfo. The parliamentary model of governance is the best for Armenia, but it is necessary to amend the Constitution, the Head of the delegation of the European  Union in the Republic of Armenia Piotr Switalski stated in an  interview with journalists.

According to him, it seems that the current Constitution of Armenia is "sewn in the size of one or two persons." "The Constitution gives the prime minister extremely broad  powers, while the president reminds of a" ceremonial bystander. Of  course, there are countries in which the president has no practical  powers, for example, Germany, but there is a two chamber parliament,  there is a system of checks and balances, which cannot be said in the  case of Armenia. There is not even a Ministry of Internal Affairs in  the republic.  Countries without this department either have a  presidential form of government or are dictatorial, "the diplomat  said. He also noted that the Constitution does not give any powers to  the numerous Diaspora.

According to Switsalski, nostalgia for Soviet times, which dominates  in the Armenian society more than anywhere else in the post-Soviet  countries, influences the work of the government. "It was even  noticed by former premier Karen Karapetyan, whose Cabinet of  Ministers took 56 decisions a week, and he began the fight against  this phenomenon, but since November 2016 he stopped working in this  direction," the diplomat said.

Speaking about the participation of the Sasna Tsrer party in the  elections, Switalski remarked that there were similar examples in  Israel, in Ireland, and in other European countries, when leaders and  forces entered parliament, carrying out  their political struggle by  violent means. "This issue should be solved by the Armenian people  themselves, we are not advisers here. But there are issues on which  you should listen to us," he concluded.