Plans to Define the Positions of Police Chief and NSS Director as Political Positions: Marukyan Elaborates

According to the draft, administrative officials will be appointed with political restraint, thus there is no question of politicization; it refers to appointments outside the system,” said Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the ‘Bright Armenia’ parliamentary group, in response to reporters' questions in the parliament corridors, addressing their legislative initiative which proposes to define the positions of the Police Chief and the NSS Director as political positions.

He noted that the government has also proposed to liberalize the positions of deputies and make appointments outside the system.

“We have stated that the proposal will be acceptable if an article is added to the Law on the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, stipulating that the heads of bodies subordinate to the government and the Prime Minister will come to the factions and answer the questions of the factions. There is still no consensus on this issue, negotiations are ongoing, and if there is a disagreement, the entire package will be rejected,” said Edmon Marukyan.