ArmInfo. The National Assembly will not allow anyone, be it the representatives of the judiciary or the executive, to threaten the parliament. On August 28, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov stated this during a conversation with journalists.
The Vice Speaker also touched upon yesterday's meeting between Parliament Speaker Ara Babloyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. "The main thing is that several important provisions were fixed: First, in Armenia everyone has the right to an excellent opinion and freedom of speech, secondly, the judicial system, legislative and executive power are different branches of power, and no one has the right to meet in the field of activity is different.This is fixed by the Constitution.And finally, thirdly, we will discuss the issue of amending the Constitution, and if this becomes necessary, we can also discuss the possibility of a referendum.All of these options, I always noted that my opinion is not a dogma, "the vice-speaker said.
Asked whether the National Assembly will endorse the Prime Minister's proposal on constitutional changes, as a result of which the parliament can decide on self-dissolution, Sharmazanov said: "I already expressed my opinion on Pashinyan's statement and condemned what the prime minister criticized the former authorities for. In particular, the fact that we went to constitutional changes in order to keep power in our hands, and now it's going on a completely different road. "What does it mean that the parliament should go on self-dissolution? We did not discuss this issue in the party. He expressed his views, saying that against this, but we will discuss this issue. My opinion is not only the Republican Party. "
To note, on August 17, at a rally dedicated to 100 days in the power of the new government, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan touched on early parliamentary elections. In particular, Pashinyan noted that at the moment, according to the norms of the law, the prime minister should resign, after which, if the National Assembly does not elect a new prime minister twice, early parliamentary elections should be held. However, Pashinyan expressed mistrust of the deputies, noting that perhaps after he resigned, parliament could elect another prime minister, however, did not specify who it was. The Prime Minister said that he has thoughts on how to avoid such a situation, namely, to introduce Constitutional amendments that will lead to early elections not only in the case of the resignation of the prime minister, but the parliament itself may decide on its own dissolution. "We intend to promote this document in the parliament, but only if our citizens want it," Pashinyan said.