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There is no propaganda in support of President Serzh Sargsyan's initiated constitutional reforms in Armenia's educational institutions, Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan told reporters today at the National Assembly.
“The Ministry of Education and Science would have noticed if teachers carried out propaganda during classes.”
Note, in a statement issued on November 4 Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center raised the issue of “obvious or possible use of administrative resources” during the campaign of the December 6 referendum on the draft constitutional amendments.
Namely, a debate on constitutional changes took place at Yerevan State University’s Faculty of Law on October 22 during which Gagik Ghazinyan and Gevorg Danielyan, both members of the committee that drafted the constitutional reforms bill, presented the bill “in glowing terms and stressed its benefits when compared to the present constitution.”
“Taking into account that Gagik Ghazinyan is the Dean of the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University and Gevorg Danielyan the Chair of Constitutional Law, any campaigning they undertake can greatly impact students when forming their own position on the matter,” the statement read.
Denying the allegations of “yes” propaganda, Ashotyan pointed out that the scientific council of YSU's Physics Faculty has decided to vote against the constitutional changes. “Let's leave this issue,” he urged reporters.