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National Assembly Rejected the Change In the Principle Of Appointing Security Service Chiefs

The National Assembly of Armenia today blocked an opposition bill which would allow political appointees to run Armenia’s police and National Security Service (NSS).

The Armenian parliament controlled by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc passed the bill in the first reading as recently as in September, but rejected it today during the second reading.

Armenian law requires the heads of the police and NSS chiefs to be high-ranking career officers. Legal amendments drafted by the opposition Bright Armenia Party (LHK) would remove this requirement.

They stipulate that any Armenian national, who is aged 25 or older and has lived in the country for the last four years, could be appointed to both security posts by the prime minister. The LHK says this would make the police and the NSS more accountable to the public.


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