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The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnaktsutyun) expects the opposition Bright Armenia fraction at the National Assembly to join the initiative by Prosperous Armenia Party  (PAP) and challenge the legality of the constitutional amendments at the country’s top Court.

“We appealed with an official call to Bright Armenia party. Our expectation is the party will join the PAP initiative of collecting signatures and appeal check the compliance of the adopted legislation with the Constitution at the Constitutional Court,” Member of ARF Supreme Body of Armenia Ishkhan Saghatelyan told Panorama.am.

To remind, the ruling My Step faction adopted the draft amendments to the Constitution calling for the immediate replacement of the Constitutional Court head and three judges of the top court at a special session on Monday. PAP announced the legislation unconstitutional and unveiled plan to challenge its legality at the top Court and needs the backing of the Bright Armenia to lodge an appeal.

Saghatelyan reminded that Bright Armenia party itself acknowledged the amendments were adopted  in violation of the Constitution. In his words, this assessment should be followed by an action which is the expectation of ARF-Dashnaktsutyun.