Before these personnel changes, the media raised questions that this or that system was not working well, operations were being delayed, there were many complaints, and those complaints were also among the people.
Gagik Melkonyan, deputy of the NA "Civil Agreement" faction, said this in a conversation with NEWS.am, referring to the "parade" of resignations of high-ranking officials.
"Now that there has been a personnel change, now you have all become defenders, why did you remove these people, why did you release them? It is a democratic country, the prime minister sees where there is dissatisfaction, where all this can be corrected, and changes personnel.
It is not that something impossible has happened, there is no tragedy here," he said. To the question: is it possible that the government is preparing for elections and with these steps is trying to win the hearts of the public, Melkonyan answered: "In my opinion, elections will be held in 2026. Until then, dismissals may occur again, new officials may appear again. So it's not related to the elections, it's related to these systems functioning normally."
When asked why it was decided to get rid of all of them at once, who was informed about the problems, the CP deputy said. "It was not held at once. During the government session, the Prime Minister said that he is dissatisfied, that the cup of patience has run out, because the work was not done at the pace it should have been. That's why he went for these changes." Regarding the fact that Nikol Pashinyan informed the officials about the dismissals by SMS, Melkonyan mentioned. "After the cabinet meeting, he decided, it does not mean that he informed by SMS. Everyone has been told that an order is being written, right?
It just seems to you, where they were removed by SMS." To the question: how will they find suitable candidates for so many positions, when they could not find a minister of justice for a long time, the deputy of the CP faction answered:
"In the case of the Minister of Justice, a decision was made that the candidate should be from the party, that was the main reason. Several nominations were made and a final decision was made. Now candidates for these positions will be nominated again and again, it seems to me, not from the party, but from other places. The holy place does not remain empty, it will be filled."
It is not surprising that the heads of independent bodies resigned as well, for example, the Chairman of the Central Committee, Melkonyan said: "The heads of independent bodies resigned themselves. For example, the chairman of the Central Committee resigned himself, he was neither told nor sent an SMS or instructed or urged. He was not involved in resignations, he resigned on his own.
