8 COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF 13 IN YEREVAN
As it is known, the issue of Yerevan’s status was one of the key issues before constitutional amendments were adopted. After a long wait the amended constitution declared that the capital should have the status of a community and its head should be elected. Currently two options of Yerevan’s governance system are being discussed.
According to sources close to the government, the first option suggests decreasing the number of communities from 13 to 8 and then making elective the posts of city mayor and community heads.
The second option suggests making mayoralty elective and leaving the community heads to be appointed by the government.
It’s hard to say now which option will have more appeal for the authorities but one can assume that the latter will strive to pass the first one. Why?
For the post-Soviet Armenian authorities the issue of elective mayoralty was an argumentative issue. Neither the former nor the present-day presidents and authorities wanted to have elective mayoralty in Yerevan. While taking the mayor’s office, Vano Siradekhian openly stated that it is inadmissible to have elective mayor. The same opinion dominates today, and the authorities stubbornly refuse to yield to the EU’s demand. Elective mayoralty used to be viewed as a threat to the executive power as the overwhelming majority of our country’s human and natural resources is concentrated in the capital.
Therefore, the option of elective mayor and community heads is preferable for the authorities. The danger of this option lies in the fact that Yerevan will get divided and cease being one united organism with all negative consequences stemming out. This separates Yerevan with its mayor and community heads tangled up in their interests and powers, with no vertical subordination to the authorities and consequent irresponsibility. This may suit well for the authorities but would be disastrous for the capital. The mess in the city construction will continue, green zones will keep vanishing, garbage-collecting and transport issues will remain unsolved as the mayor and community heads will go on blaming each other for the city’s problems.
For Yerevan and its residents elective mayor and appointed community heads should be more preferable as it will help keep the capital united, will secure vertical subordination and will make clear who is responsible for city maintenance. For the abovementioned reasons, it’s hard though to believe that this option will be chosen.
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