National Assembly: Louis Vlavonou criticized for his governance by The Democrats

In a public statement on Thursday, July 17, 2025, the opposition members expressed their profound disapproval of how the ninth legislature is being conducted.

In a statement read by deputy Edwige Tossa, the parliamentarians denounced a governance that, according to them, empties the Assembly of its counterbalancing role. “We deplore the governance choice imposed on the ninth legislature by President Louis Vlavonou,” they affirmed, believing that the Parliament is becoming a mere extension of the executive power.

Their main grievance concerns the management of the mechanisms of control over governmental actions. According to Les Démocrates, no interrogation of the executive was scheduled during the first regular session of the year, which ran from April 10 to July 9, 2025. A situation they judge to be abnormal, especially since it had been agreed at the beginning of the legislature that Thursdays would be dedicated to this accountability exercise.

“How can we go an entire session without any questioning of the government, when at the beginning of our term, it was agreed that Thursdays would be set aside for questioning?” they asked. They state that only eleven oral questions have been scheduled since the beginning of the legislature, a number they deem derisory in light of democratic stakes.

For the members of the group Les Démocrates, this restrictive management shows a clear intention to muzzle the Parliament and hinder its constitutional control role. They denounce an institutional dysfunction that weakens democratic surveillance mechanisms and questions the balance of powers.

According to them, parliamentary scrutiny has not for purpose to harm the executive, but on the contrary, to prevent any drift and guarantee transparent and balanced governance.