ArmInfo. The Prosperous Armenia parliamentary faction initiates the collection of signatures, for sending to the Constitutional Court a draft amendment to the Armenian Constitution, for its verification of constitutionality. This is stated in the message of the party received by ArmInfo.
The report notes that today the ruling faction "My Step" of the RA National Assembly adopted the draft amendments to the RA Constitution, which clearly contradicts Article 169 of the RA Constitution, as well as Article 86 of the Rules and Procedures of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, which explicitly states that after the first reading the draft should be sent to the Constitutional Court to verify its compliance with the main law of the country.
"Prosperous Armenia" parliamentary faction, using the powers defined in clause 2 of Article 169 of the RA Constitution, initiates the collection of one fifth of the signatures of the NA lawmakers to appeal to the Constitutional Court regarding the constitutionality of the decision adopted by the parliament today. We call on our colleagues from "Bright Armenia" to join this initiative to protect legal security in our country and prevent the violation of the constitutional order, "the PAP said in a statement.