ArmInfo. As of February 17, inclusively, the Central Election Commission of Armenia did not submit a statement on the formation of the "No" campaigning party on the constitutional referendum scheduled for April 5. This is stated in the CEC message to ArmInfo.
According to the source, the statement should have been submitted by the deputies of the National Assembly who voted against or abstained from voting on the draft decision of the National Assembly on voting.
Thus, it is noted in the message, according to paragraph 8 of Article 17 of the constitutional law "On the referendum", this right is now received citizens of the country who must form an initiative group of at least 50 people. The group will be able to apply to the CEC for the purpose of registering as the party "No". An application for registration may be submitted to the Central Election Commission from February 18 on weekdays from 09.00 to 18.00. The decision is attached to the application on the formation of the "No" campaigning party and the appointment of an authorized representative, signed by citizens, and copies of documents identifying the members of the "No" campaigning party that signed the decision. If more than one letter (application) is received, they will be discussed in the order of submission to the Central Election Commission.
Recall that from February 17, an agitation campaign on a referendum on constitutional amendments started in Armenia. Agitation will last until April 3.
The referendum will be held on April 5. As known, the headquarters, which will be engaged in agitation in favor of constitutional reforms, will be headed by the Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of Armenia Suren Papikyan.
On February 6, the parliament decided to hold a referendum, at which the citizens of Armenia will decide whether they agree to amend the Constitution of the country. On April 5, a constitutional referendum will be held in Armenia, at which the issue of judges of the Constitutional Court will be decided. Many deputies and human rights activists said that this decision is unconstitutional, since initially the deputies had to send their proposal to the Constitutional Court.