Marukyan: Acting Prime Minister is not authorized to sign documents  concerning RA  citizens` rights, freedoms and territorial sovereignty

ArmInfo. Head of the "Bright Armenia" parliamentary faction, Edmon Marukyan, has just read out the text of a statement from the rostrum of the parliament, in which he called on acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to  restrain himself from signing the document, which implies changing  the territories of the republic.

So, according to Marukyan, according to Article 116 of the  Constitution of Armenia that the National Assembly ratifies, suspends  or denounces international treaties that relate to fundamental rights  and freedoms, as well as the duties of a person and a citizen, and  Article 205 stating that the issues concerning the change of the  territory of the Republic of Armenia are resolved by means of a  referendum, and the resolution on holding a referendum, upon the  proposal of the Government, is adopted by the National Assembly by a  majority of votes of the total number of MPs.

In this regard, as the head of the opposition party stressed, the  acting the head of government is not authorized to sign any document  that concerning the  RA  citizens' rights, freedoms and territorial  sovereignty.

In addition, Edmon Marukyan asked the acting Minister of Defense, the  acting Prime Minister, as well as the Secretary of the Security  Council, to refute or confirm the text of the agreement, which is  distributed on the Internet, and which implies territorial  concessions from Armenia.