Negotiations between Nikol Pashinyan and parliamentary fractions are urgent. They will indicate the mechanisms and dates of holding snap parliamentary elections. This was recently conveyed to \u201cArmenian Times\u201d newspaper by Lena Nazaryan, head of the Yelq fraction at the National Assembly. She did not exclude that the snap elections may be held by the end of this year. She mentioned that there are two options for reaching the decision for snap elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is the short path and the long path. The dates of the elections will depend on the choice of either of these options. The short path is the resignation of the Prime Minister, and if the Parliament fails to elect a Prime Minister after two attempts, the Parliament will dissolve. The second path is that the Parliament makes changes in the Constitution and dissolution of parliament takes place without the resignation of the Prime Minister. These procedures are quite long and it is possible that a referendum be required,\u201d said Lena Nazaryan.<\/p>\n
The Civil Contract party, however, prefers the short path to reach snap parliamentary elections. At the same time, there are fears that the Republican Party will impede and will make it impossible to dissolve the parliament by force of law. \u201cWe would not prefer the path of constitutional changes. I think the other political forces would not prefer it either, with the exception of the Republican Party, which strives to delay snap elections. Vahram Baghdasaryan of the Republicans says that we are doing important work here at the National Assembly, however I don\u2019t understand what exactly he refers to,\u201d mentions Lena Nazaryan in her conversation with \u2018Armenian Times\u2019 newspaper.<\/p>\n
Lena Nazaryan has also stated that the resistance of the Republican fraction at the parliament will create extra antagonism against them within the society. In fact, they\u2019re doing their best to make people\u2019s attitude toward them completely negative. To the newspaper\u2019s question whether it would be possible for Civil Contract to make certain compromises to the option of Prime Minister resignation and non-election of one for two times, Lena Nazaryan denied such a possibility. According to the head of the Yelq fraction, no political force\u2019s interest will prevail.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf all of this is unimportant, then what are the interests of these parties? Is their purpose to receive ministerial posts, or to meet the expectations of people? If fair and unbiased elections take place, the Republicans will participate and will receive as many votes as will be cast for them. I wonder why they persist and make the situation even more tense under the current circumstances when corruption cases roar and many officials are under investigation. None of them has so far stated a regret that during their rule, such practices were in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking of the mechanisms of reaching dissolution of the 6th National Assembly, Lena Nazaryan did not rule out the possibility of using street resistance. \u201cThis will be the most undesired path, but I do not exclude it, although Nikol Pashinyan has always been willing to negotiate. The street action is the last resort. If negotiations fail, I don\u2019t exclude that people will take the streets again. This is not desirable as it impedes the normal flow of events,\u201d said Lena Nazaryan.<\/p>\n
In the meanwhile, changes to the Electoral Code are being drafted. The Republican party hopes that the Government will base their position on the perspective of the Venice Committee that only 1 year after the Electoral Code is amended elections should be held. In other words, in order to dissolve the National Assembly by force of law, 1 year would be required, with the republicans ruling the Parliament in the meantime. Lena Nazaryan mentioned that the Venice Committee understands the need to bypass this recommendation. \u201cThe representatives of the government have explained the situation in the country to the Venice Committee. Here, we have an understanding that we are in an unusual situation and we need to adopt electoral amendments as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel Ioanissyan, secretary of the Electoral Code Reform Committee under the Prime Minister told \u2018Armenian Times\u2019 that the draft of the Electoral Code will be ready in two weeks. \u201cThe recommendation of the Venice Committee that elections should be held 12 months after the new Code is adopted, will not be implemented this time. The reasons are clear. As for the substantive part of the amendments, we will turn to the Venice Committee to receive their recommendations on the content of the new Code, and we will consider incorporating their recommendations,\u201d said Ioanissyan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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