Final draft constitutional amendments to be submitted to Armenian parliament
The final text of the draft amendments to the Constitution of Armenia will be submitted to the parliament during the regular four-day sittings that start today. The final draft will be presented by Vardan Poghosyan, a member of the Specialized Commission on Constitutional Reforms adjunct to Armenian President, the official representative of the Armenian president in the parliament on constitutional reform issues. Then a vote on the draft will be held.
At the he moment the draft constitutional amendments are endorsed by the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), ARF-Dashnaktsutyun, and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). Orinats Yerkir Party has not yet expressed its final position. Member of the opposition faction ‘Heritage’ Zaruhi Postanjyan as well as the Armenian National Congress (ANC) party’s faction are opposed to the draft.