Text of Armenia`s new Constitution to be published in coming months -  premier 

ArmInfo. The text of Armenia's new Constitution will be published in the coming months. This was announced by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on August 24  during the presentation of the government's 2026-2031 program to  parliament.

According to him, the new draft Constitution will not contain  references to the 1990 Declaration of Independence. The Prime  Minister argued that such a reference would mean a continuation of  the Karabakh movement and a return to the logic of the conflict. The  Prime Minister believes that the adoption of a new Constitution is a  purely internal issue for Armenia. Its adoption follows from the  election program of the Civil Contract party. The new Constitution,  Pashinyan continued, is intended to permanently strengthen the  connection between the judicial system and all state power and its  sole source-the people.

According to the head of government, Armenia's judicial system  largely continues to serve as a protector of the interests of the  former elites. The reason, as the prime minister noted, is that  Armenia's judicial system is "caste-based" and lacks a full, organic  connection to the sole source and bearer of power-the people. "In  Armenia, any power can only emanate from the people, and power that  does not emanate from the people, at the very least, raises  questions," Pashinyan stated.

He emphasized that there is only one way to confirm the full  legitimacy of power in the judicial system: the adoption of a new  Constitution. Pashinyan reiterated that the agenda for a new  Constitution is exclusively Armenia's agenda, pointing to Baku's  frequent demands for a new Basic Law. "On the other hand, it is  undeniable that Azerbaijan is very actively raising and even  instrumentalizing the topic of constitutional reforms, and this is a  well-known fact. But if this means that the issue of a new  Constitution is an Azerbaijani agenda, as some opposition circles  claim, let's go back and look at the history of the Third Republic:  by the same logic, since 1994, only Azerbaijan has consistently  raised the issue of returning 7 regions, that is, there was no  initiative related to this in Armenia, and, as evidenced by the  published documents of the negotiations on the settlement of the  Karabakh issue, all the previous authorities of Armenia, namely  political forces or leaders, supporters or representatives of the two  current opposition factions, conducted active negotiations on this  issue. So what were they negotiating around? Why did they keep  Armenia on the Azerbaijani agenda for 24 years, why were they guided  by the Azerbaijani agenda?  Was it because they acted on the  instructions of Azerbaijan or were representatives of Azerbaijan,  especially since some of them were born and raised in Azerbaijan? I  give these characteristics to show what The logic of some of our  opposition members could lead to absurd conclusions. Regarding the  text of the new Constitution, we will publish it in the coming  months, and, as I have already said, the new Constitution should not  reference the 1990 Declaration of Independence. Why? For one simple  reason: we declared the need and decided not to continue, but to end,  the Karabakh movement. We made this decision, and the people  confirmed it: including a reference to the Declaration of  Independence in the new Constitution would mean continuing the  Karabakh movement, would mean returning to the logic of conflict, and  we cannot do this, especially after the 2026 national elections, in  which our people voted for peace, and the peace agenda is now the  national agenda. Accordingly, preserving, strengthening, and  institutionalizing the established peace with Azerbaijan is the  government's top priority," Pashinyan stated.