Tuesday, March 10 2020 12:34

ArmInfo. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan began campaigning "YES" on a constitutional referendum from the Syunik region. During a live broadcast on Facebook, Pashinyan promised that the campaign would be very active and interesting,  noting his willingness to answer numerous questions from citizens.

On the morning of March 10, during a visit to the city of Agarak, the  prime minister pointed out the need to continue the struggle for  common values. Pashinyan in particular noted that the velvet  revolution has not yet been marked by victory in connection with a  number of unresolved issues related in particular to housing  problems, unemployment and bribery. According to him, the  revolutionary mood did not begin at the end of March 2018, when he,  as a deputy of the parliament, began his march from the regions of  the country, but from the moment when the citizens began to ask  themselves how long they would put up with the prevailing situation  and to be passive. "We must continue to fight for our values," he  said.

Recall that on February 9, Armenian President Armen Sargsyan  scheduled a referendum on constitutional amendments on April 5 this  year. Earlier, on February 6, the National Assembly of the Republic  of Armenia decided to submit draft amendments to the Constitution to  the referendum. 88 deputies voted for this decision, against 15. It  is a question of introducing amendments to Article 213 of the  Constitution, providing for the dissolution of the Constitutional  Court. The campaign headquarters "Yes", formed by the Civil Contract  party, was headed by the Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures Suren Papikyan. As for the initiative group "No", its  top ten includes Ruben Melikyan, Gohar Meloyan, Arsen Babayan, Elinar  Vardanyan, Tigran Atanesyan, Astghik Matevosyan, Artak Asatryan,  Siranush Sahakyan, Anahit Sargsyan, Arsen Mkrtchyan.