ArmInfo. The National Assembly is not elected in accordance with popular sentiments or on the square, according to the principle of the Novgorod Veche(assembly). On August 28, Vice Speaker of the Parliament, press secretary of the Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov stated this during a conversation with journalists.
According to him, the parliament is elected in accordance with the law, and if the elections were legal, if there are no violations, then the National Assembly should function until 2022. Sharmazanov stressed that if everything is done exclusively at the discretion of the people, then there are no guarantees that 6 months later the popular mood will not change. "If we follow Pashinyan's logic, then at least every 6 months we have to hold elections because the situation in the country has changed." No one can foresee what might happen 2 months later. "Armenia is in a geopolitical situation when almost any external change can greatly influence the internal political situation in Armenia, "the RPA spokesman said.
Commenting on the fact that the previous three presidents also took constitutional amendments, Sharmazanov said that constitutional amendments are held every 10 years, and now, a few months later, attempts are being made to implement constitutional changes. "Mr. Pashinyan does not want to resign from the post of prime minister, as to worry that if on May 8 he resigns, a plot, as he says, against the prime minister may mature in parliament," the vice-speaker said. Asked whether Sharmazanov rules out such an opportunity, the vice-speaker said: "There is nothing to exclude in politics, but it's too early to talk about it." It should be noted that on August 17, at a rally dedicated to 100 days of stay in the power of the new government, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan touched 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 elections to the parliament should take place. However, Pashinyan expressed mistrust of the deputies, noting that perhaps after he resigned, the parliament could elect another prime minister without specifying 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 to the parliament, but only if our citizens want it," Pashinyan said.