Saturday, September 29 2018 17:01

ArmInfo.The dissolution of the National Assembly through constitutional changes requires more time, said the deputy chairman of the Armenian National Congress  Party (ANC) Levon Zurabyan.

"This is a much longer process, because amendments to the  Constitution should be prepared, submitted to parliament, discussed.  There may be problems related to the Venice Commission, which can  express its opinion on this issue," said the former deputy in an  interview with Radio Azatutyun.

Zurabyan noted that a relatively effective version of the dissolution  of parliament is the procedure stipulated by the current  Constitution. The representative of the ANC is convinced that in this  case the so- called counter-revolution theoretically has the  opportunity to nominate another candidate and prevent Pashinyan, but  this, according to Zurabyan, is unlikely. "As time now plays a very  important role, the first option is effective," the ANC deputy  chairman said.

According to the current Constitution, the Prime Minister must resign  in order to hold extraordinary parliamentary elections, and then if  the new Prime Minister is not elected, the National Assembly will be  dissolved within two weeks. Nikol Pashinyan said about a month ago  that in this case there is a risk of nominating another candidate for  the post of prime minister. And for the dissolution of the parliament  and the holding of early elections without the resignation of the  Prime Minister, it is necessary that the current Constitution be  amended. The government has already begun work on constitutional  changes, at which stage they are, not yet reported.