Wednesday, October 3 2018 13:35

ArmInfo. No agreement was  reached during the meeting with Pashinyan, but negotiations may  continue today, representatives of the parliamentary forces who  participated in the meeting with the prime minister stated.

As the Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Spokesperson of the  Republican Party Eduard Sharmazanov, told ArmInfo correspondent, the  draft on amending the Law On the Rules of Procedure of the National  Assembly is not aimed at torpedoing early elections, but only  ensuring the normal functioning of parliament in case of force  majeure. He stressed that the main stumbling block in the matter of  holding early elections is their deadlines, political forces do not  understand the hasty actions of the authorities, if it was originally  planned to hold elections in June 2019. According to Sharmazanov, the  political forces have different approaches on the issue of early  elections - some say that a roadmap should be drawn up, others  consider it necessary to carry out legislative reforms, and others  focus on the need to adhere to the principle of separation of powers.  "Only one thing is clear, that all processes should take place within  the framework of the law, through negotiations, and not force. In  this regard, it is possible that another round of negotiations will  take place today," he concluded.

In turn, head of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" faction Armen Rustamyan  stated that the issue of elections is not decided at rallies, but  through negotiations. "If the parliament is dissolved under pressure  of force, it will contradict the Constitution, which, in turn, will  negatively affect the international authority of the country. Those  forces that voted for the law on amending the law on the NA Rules of  Procedure are not against early elections, but do not understand why  should they be held right now, what's the rush, there are no  explanations for this, "he said, stressing that today no one listens  to logical arguments, everyone wants to listen to praises for  Pashinyan. At the same time, the MP stressed that today it is  Pashinyan who is the main person responsible for the maintenance of  constitutional order in the country, and he must do everything so  that the processes do not go beyond the norms of the main law.

Meanwhile, immediately after the talks, Pashinyan said that the  political forces did not intend to nominate a candidate for the post  of prime minister after his resignation, while stressing that no  specific agreement had been reached.