Ara Kazaryan: According to Armenian new Constitution, National  Assembly should elect 4th President

ArmInfo.Article 125 of the Constitution of Armenia establishes the order of the presidential elections as a whole, it does not concern the election of the 4 president of Armenia.  The expert on international law, lawyer Ara Ghazaryan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent, referring to the allegations of some experts that Article 125 of the Constitution, providing for secondary presidential elections (that  is, by voting in the parliament of the Ed.), Comes into force in the first day of the beginning of the authority of the 4th President of RA, therefore, the new president should be elected according to the old system, that is, by direct ones - of the national elections.

"Despite the fact that Article 125 comes into force on the first day  of the election of the 4th President of Armenia, nevertheless, the  new president should be elected through secondary elections, that is,  voting in the parliament, as transitional Article 211 of the  Constitution regulates this According to the transitional article  211, the election of the fourth president of the republic, in  accordance with the procedure established by Article 125 of the  Constitution, shall be held not earlier than forty days and not later  than thirty days before the expiry of the powers of the President of  the Republic, "the expert explained, According to the Constitution of  the norms to choose a new president now has the right only to the  National Assembly of Armenia, regardless of when it comes into force  Article 125.

At the same time, the lawyer noted that every article and every  provision in the Constitution should not be considered separately,  tearing it out of context, but only in the context of other  introductory provisions, as they often complement each other and make  some adjustments. "Thus, it is quite obvious and legitimate that the  Armenian National Assembly should be elected by the National Assembly  of Armenia," Ara Ghazaryan said.

The National Assembly elects the president for a period of 7 years.  The President of the Republic is elected a candidate who received at  least three-fourths of the total number of deputies in the pen tour.  If the President of the Republic is not elected in the first round,  then in a ten-day period new elections are held, in this case the  eligibility for election is reduced. Details of the procedure for the  election of the President of the Republic are established by the  Rules of the National Assembly.