The Armenian President Sarcissa armyannounced his resignation this Sunday, claiming that due to his role, par excellence formally, he could not “influence” the politics of his country, which is going through a real crisis.
The announcement comes after a period of instability in this small economically struggling Caucasus nation and after a bloody war with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
The war, which left more than 6,000 dead, led to the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in the disputed mountainous region.
The humiliating defeat of Armenia and the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh at the end of 2020 eventually led to massive street protests and an internal crisis that pitted Sarkissián against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
“It is not an emotional decision and follows a specific logic,” he said. Sarkissián in a statement released on its official website.
“The president does not have the necessary tools to influence important processes of foreign and national policy in difficult times for the people and the country,” he added.
Executive power rests primarily with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.
Changes in the Constitution
At the heart of the disagreement between Sarkissian and Pashinyan is the dismissal of the chief of staff of the Armenian army, as the former refused to sign an order for the latter’s removal, a blow to a struggling prime minister.
The head of state argued that the crisis in Armenia could not be plagued with frequent changes of staff in the leadership structures of the state.
Sarkissián on Sunday denounced a “reality in which the president can not veto the laws he considers bad for the people and the country.”
“I hope that the changes in the Constitution will finally be implemented and that the next president and the presidential administration can act in a more balanced environment,” the statement said.
The Armenian Constitution It stipulates that Parliament, which is controlled by Pashinyan affiliated parties, must hold a vote within 35 days to decide the next president.
A former physics professor, Armén Sarkissián, born in 1953 in Yerevan, the capital, was prime minister in 1996-1997, before being elected president by a large parliamentary majority in March 2018, after serving as ambassador to the United Kingdom.
The announcement of his resignation came shortly after a visit to the United Arab Emirates, after which his office said it would take time for medical examinations, without expanding.
Since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the economy of Armenia ken problems.
The money sent by the Armenian community abroad contributed to the construction of schools, churches and other infrastructure projects, including in Nagorno-Karabakh.
The country has a large and politically powerful diaspora that spread throughout the world after the massacres of the Ottoman era, and is now estimated at 10 million people, mainly in Russia, the United States and France.
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Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx