RA Justice Minister: Draft of new Constitution to be published within  next few weeks

ArmInfo.RA Justice Minister Srbuhi Galyan declined to comment on the violation of current legislation by the country's law enforcement agencies, who arrested  two candidates for the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  without permission from the Central Electoral Commission.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee reported that during the  preliminary investigation of a criminal case concerning the material  interest of multiple individuals and large-scale money laundering,  two candidates for parliament from the Strong Armenia bloc were  identified, and pretrial detention was imposed against them.  Meanwhile, according to the RA Electoral Code, a candidate for  parliament cannot be subject to criminal liability, detained, or  arrested without the consent of the Central Electoral Commission.

In a conversation with reporters, the minister noted that both the  Prosecutor's Office and the Investigative Committee are much more  familiar with the situation than she is and therefore cannot comment  on the situation.

Responding to a question about when the draft of the new Constitution  would be published, Galyan stated that it would happen within the  next few weeks. According to her, the issue of publishing the  document had been discussed within the ruling Civil Contract party  the day before.

"I think that the document will be published soon after it has been  summarized. We are awaiting the opinions of some of our colleagues.  We will need another week or two to summarize them. After that, we  will hold one or two more discussions and decide whether we are ready  to publish the text or not," Galyan said, adding that the draft  document has not yet been made public precisely because not all  participants in the process have had time to fully familiarize  themselves with its contents.

It is worth noting that back in March 2026, Galyan stated that work  on the new Constitution was complete.  At the same time, she claimed  that it would be published by the end of that month.