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The September 4 parliamentary hearings on the draft amendments to the Constitution of Armenia will be open, and representatives of extra-parliamentary forces and interested NGOs and political forces will have an opportunity to attend the hearings, Panorama.am learned from Hovhannes Sahakyan, the head of the Armenian parliament’s standing committee on state and legal affairs.

It is noteworthy that the hearings on the draft new Constitution of Armenia have been organized on the initiative of the standing committee on state and legal affairs.

H. Sahakyan said that Vardan Poghosyan - a member of the Special Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President, the official representative of Armenian president in the parliament for constitutional reform issues – will be the main reporter at the hearings, but other members of the Commission who are willing to answer questions of those present will also attend the hearings. The hearings participants will also be given an opportunity to make a speech.

According to H. Sahakyan, the public hearings will take place in the public session hall of the National Assembly – given the large number of participants.

To remind, President Serzh Sargsyan submitted on August 21 the draft amendments in the Constitution of Armenia to the National Assembly. The draft amendments had been developed by the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President.

Vardan Poghosyan, a member of the Commission, has been appointed as official representative of Armenian President for presentation of the draft amendments to the Constitution in the National Assembly of Armenia. The head of state also instructed the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President to continue the dialog with the Venice Commission (VC) over those issues indicated in the VC’s preliminary opinion, around which no agreed solutions have been found so far. Besides, this week Serzh Sargsyan has held consultations on the approaches stated in the draft new Constitution with representatives of various parties.