ArmInfo. "The Vanadzor Council of Elders should be disbanded soon, and early elections should be held," leader of the Yelk faction Nikol Pashinyan told a briefing in the National Assembly on November 20.
He noted that the Constitutional Court on November 10 decided that the meetings of the Council of Elders of Vanadzor are not legitimate, since during the past 6 months no meeting was held with the participation of the majority of the elders. Pashinyan stressed that if the Vanadzor council is not dissolved in the near future, the Yelk faction will address this issue to the government.
Touching upon the agreement signed between the Republican Party and the "Armenian Renaissance " Party (AR) on the memorandum on cooperation in the Vanadzor Council of Elders, which implies the termination of the AR boycott of the meetings, Pashinyan stated that this memorandum AB has consolidated its political demise. In his turn, the head of the RPA parliamentary faction Vahram Baghdasaryan stated that regarding the dissolution of the Council of Elders of Vanadzor inthe decision of the Constitutional Court was out of the question, as it concerned the third paragraph of Article 64 of the Law "On Local Self-Government," and it was declared unconstitutional. According to Article 64 of the RA Law on Local Self-Government, meetings of the Council of Elders of Vanadzor are considered legitimate, if at least 9 members of the council are present at the meetings ( so many votes are needed to make a decision). Thus, from March 1, 2017, the Vanadzor Council of Elders held meetings of 15 people, that is, more than the law required.
"Of course, the" Elk "faction has the right to forward this issue to the Government" however, I do not see the need for it. The meeting in Vanadzor was held in accordance with the law. But the Constitutional Court found a divergence of the Constitution with 64 articles of the law "On Local Self-Government." Thus, we in the National Assembly should bring the law "On Local Self-Government" in line with the Constitution, "Baghdasaryan said, noting that this, however, does not in any way provide for the dissolution of the Council of Elders.