YEREVAN. – Committee on ethics is the best institute to raise civilizational level of the Armenian Parliament, Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vardan Bostanjyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Vardan Bostanjyan is one of the authors of the bill amending the “Law on Regulations in the National Assembly.” If the bill is adopted, a committee on ethics will be set up.

The committee however will not have legal power. But the fact that any issue, causing improper behavior of the MP, is discussed at the parliament is just unbearable for any reasonable person. “It will serve as a ‘straight jacket’ especially for relations and approaches of the ruling parties,” he added.  

Bostanjyan believes that the bill on establishing the committee will be passed as even those MPs, who are against it, will not have the risk to speak up.

Meantime, the MP said that it is not necessary to link the establishment of the committee with the fact that Armenian Parliament lacks ethics.