Wednesday, February 7 2024 17:44

ArmInfo.Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan has explained the narrative of formation of the 4th Republic of Armenia in the context of the planned new Constitution. 

On February 7 in parliament during government hour, answering a  relevant question, Pashinyan pointed to the example of France, which  today is called the fifth republic, which began with the adoption of  the Constitution that is still in force today. "This idea must be  considered in this context, in this regard, when speaking about the  Fourth Republic, I mean the new Constitution: when everyone, even  those who voted "against", recognize that the majority supported it,"  Pashinyan clarified.

In response to the concerns of many opponents of the adoption of the  new Constitution, who are convinced that the authorities will falsify  the results of the constitutional referendum in order to achieve the  desired result, the Prime Minister assured that if during his reign,  "even if someone sets the task of rigging the elections, we will not  be able to to do this, no matter how funny it may sound." The Prime  Minister once again recalled that the government he led held many  elections at both the compulsory health insurance level and the  republican level, and not a single vote was falsified.

At the same time, the prime minister admits, the ruling force today  does not have a ready-made text of the proposed changes. "And this is  not bad, on the contrary - good. I think that first of all, society  should form an understanding of the need for these changes," said the  eyes of the Cabinet.

On January 19, at the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia,  Pashinyan said that Armenia needs a new Constitution that will make  the Republic of Armenia more viable in the new geopolitical  conditions.  The prime minister's counterparts stated that the  initiative comes from Baku, mainly with the aim of eliminating from  the Constitution references to the Declaration of Independence, which  contains reference to the resolution on the reunification of the  Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh.

The 11th paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, which states  that the Republic of Armenia supports international recognition of  the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey, is also considered  problematic. On February 1, in an interview with the RA Public Radio,  the head of the Cabinet of Ministers stated: "We have a gap between  the citizen and the state, which is expressed in legitimacy, because  the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, adopted in 1995, and  changed several times, has never been adopted in such conditions and  environment, so that a citizen of the Republic of Armenia says to  himself:  go, vote and accept the Constitution."