ArmInfo. Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed all the documents necessary for granting citizenship to a member of the Sasna Tsrer party, the hero of Artsakh, Zhirayr Sefilyan. About this and. about. Head of Government reported on his page on Facebook.
<Decisions will come into force de jure after the documents are signed by the President of the Republic of Armenia. The RA Constitution has no loopholes for backdating. Therefore, citizenship will come into force this year>, - he wrote.
Note. that Sefilyan has been living in Armenia since the beginning of the 90s, but he was always refused to grant RA citizenship. Having received RA citizenship, Sefilyan, however, will not be able to participate in the elections, since the law obliges candidates to have Armenian citizenship in the last five years before the ballot.