Government set to submit structural amendments bill to parliament

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Soon the government will submit to parliament a bill on its new structure, PM Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting today.

He said the bill will be ready today.

Pashinyan said soon the government will also submit the new tax code and several related legislative initiatives to parliament. The PM highlighted the importance of the tax code.

The new structure of the government is expected to re-organize the Cabinet. According to an earlier released suggestion, the number of ministries was to be reduced, with some current ones merging into one another, or being downgraded into departments under other ministries. The purpose of the amendments is to increase efficiency of public administration.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan