I view the two initiatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party as excellent initiatives. This is what Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan told reporters today when he was asked how he would assess the initiatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party to set up a committee to lead a probe into the steps and actions of the authorities with regard to the coronavirus situation and to apply to the Constitutional Court to lift the ban on assemblies during the state of emergency, with regard to lawfulness of the ban and in case of having the required number of signatures.

“If the committee is set up, we will also be able to examine the news that the insider groups of the Prosperous Armenia Party disseminate, stating that there is no coronavirus and that there is no need to wear a mask at all. There are even deputies of the Prosperous Armenia Party who don’t wear masks. We need to study and understand if this is done intentionally to cause harm to Armenia’s national security and take advantage of this situation for political purposes, or if these are simply rumors,” Alen Simonyan said.

As far as applying to the Constitutional Court is concerned, Simonyan said he also assesses this positively. “In regard to the Constitutional Court, the deputies of the political party have stated that they agree that there is a problem with the Constitutional Court. They have declared several times that they have voted against the nomination of current president of the Court Hrayr Tovmasyan, but now they have decided to apply to Hrayr Tovmasyan so that he can provide a solution. I’m not sure  we won't have solved the issue of the Constitutional Court by then and the current members of the Court will examine the application. I doubt it,” Simonyan said.