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 Saturday, October 13 2018 16:35
Marianna Mkrtchyan

Gagik Harutyunyan proposed an alternative way to dissolve Armenian  parliament

Gagik Harutyunyan proposed an alternative way to dissolve Armenian  parliament

ArmInfo.There is no stable majority in the National Assembly, and this problem must be solved. This point of view was expressed by the Chairman of the Supreme  Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia Gagik Harutyunyan on  October 13 in an interview with journalists in the Yerevan  Municipality.

Touching on the opinion that the country faced Constitutional crisis  due to the fact that there is no stable majority in the parliament,  Harutyunyan said that apart from the proposed solutions, namely, the  resignation of the country's prime minister and not electing the new  prime minister by parliament two times, there is another solution  envisaged by the current constitution.

According to him, comments on the concept of a crisis are made in a  slightly different perspective. "I consider the problem differently.  The Constitution has 89 articlesfull, the first sentence of which states  that the National Assembly is elected according to the proportional  system, and the second sentence says that it should ensure a stable  majority in parliament. But there is a second part, where it is noted  that if a stable majority could not be ensured, then a second round  takes place. If a stable majority is not formed during the second  round, then new elections must be held. The problem is that after the  elections stable majority was ensured, another thing is that, if the  stable majority falls apart,  what should be done? In this issue, the  legislation offers controversial approaches, because the formation of  the coalition and parliamentary factions according to the RA  Constitution is entrusted to the Electoral Code, as it proscribes the  procedure for forming coalitions and restrictions ", Harutyunyan  stated, adding that the Code for this has set up mechanisms according  to which, within 6 days after the elections, a coalition can be  formed, according to which it is possible to ensure a stable majority  and form a government.

"Unlike this Constitutional regulation, the law on the NA Rules of  Procedure provided for a different procedure for forming a coalition,  although the Constitution did not make references to the fact that  any faction could leave the union and join another faction and form a  parliamentary majority. The fact is that our parliament today does  not have a stable majority, and this problem must be overcome. This  can be done not only with the help of Article 49 and 51 of the RA  Constitution on the dissolution of parliament, but also amendment can  be added to Article 92 by the Parliament, since Article 92 provides  grounds for dissolving parliament by force of law. I would add to the  grounds for dissolving the National Assembly, the paragraph about  dissolving parliament in the absence of a stable majority in  parliament, since the absence of a stable parliamentary majority  creates serious institutional problems in the management of the NA  and its other institutions. " Harutyunyan said, adding that in order  to make changes to Article 92, it is necessary to hold a referendum.  According to him, there are decisions in the Constitution and they  should be followed.

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