Wednesday, October 3 2018 16:11

ArmInfo. "The Republican Party of Armenia  will be ready for the early parliamentary elections in the spring of  2019," the head of the eponymous faction Vagram Baghdasaryan said in  an interview with journalists on October 3.

According to the Republican deputy, during this time it will be  necessary to correct a number of legislative acts and ensure the  natural course of work of the National Assembly.

In addition, as the head of the faction stressed, the draft on  amending the parliamentary regulations was discussed in the  state-legal commission of the legislative body before October 1 - his  meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan. However, the head of  government during the meeting, as Baghdasaryan pointed out, did not  touch on this issue. "The morning before I had a call to discuss the  issue, but not to put it to a vote.  After that, the prime minister  was with me and said that in December we were going to extraordinary  elections. Experts assert that these changes (in the NA regulations,  Ed. ) can not affect the early elections,> he said.

To recall, the evening before, the Armenian parliament convened an  extraordinary meeting of the parliament, during which  parliamentarians adopted a draft law on amending the law "On the  National Assembly regulations" with 67 votes in favor. Nikol  Pashinyan stated that the adoption of the bill means "the official  start of the counter-revolution" and called on citizens to gather At  the rally on Baghramyan Avenue, Pashinyan signed decrees on the  release from the posts of ministers from the Prosperous Armenia Party  and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun. The Prime Minister also addressed  Armenia's President Armen Sarkissian was urged not to sign the  document, and after long consultations with parliamentary forces in  the office of Speaker Ara Baloyan, said that in spite of everything,  early parliamentary elections will be held before December 15,  speaking about why he considers it necessary to hold elections in  December, and not, say, in November or October of this year,  Pashinyan noted that the Constitution requires it - it is necessary  that the parliament does not elect the prime minister twice within 14  days, after that the parliament will be dissolved and special  elections are scheduled, to be held no earlier than 30 and no later  than 40 days. "We can state that today we have shown that holding  early parliamentary elections in Armenia is a civil, nationwide  demand, and the forces that are against it declare war on the  people," Pashinyan said.

According to  the opinion of the opponents of the law, the political  forces that supported the project are trying to insure themselves  against a possible dissolution of the parliament and holding  extraordinary parliamentary elections, which Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan is seeking, since according to the NA regulations, if  deputies do not vote twice for the candidacy of the Prime Minister ,  the parliament is dissolved, and new elections are called.