Monday, January 17 2022 11:42

ArmInfo.The Civic Contract parliamentary faction has for the second time refused to put the opposition forces' statement on border delimitation on the agenda of  the full session of Armenia's Parliament. 

The ruling party's members point out that the draft statement  contains political wordings and accusations against Armenia's  incumbent authorities, as well as points weakening Armenia's  positions at the negotiations. The dominant parliamentary faction  called for observing Armenia's Constitution.  

On October 27, the Civil Contract faction defeated the bill on the  situation surrounding Armenia and Artsakh because of domestic  political assessments in the documents. Tigran Abrahamyan of the With  Honor parliamentary faction, who was the keynoter, stated that the  documents condemned Azerbaijan's aggression against Artsakh unleashed  on September 27, 2020, with involvement of mercenaries and  terrorists; gross violations of international law, Baku holding  captives after the hostilities; invasion of Artsakh territories by  Azerbaijan, incursion into Armenia's sovereign territory, use of  force and threat of force.

The MPs call for observing Armenia's Constitution, according to which  any issues related to Armenia's territory are settled by means of  referendum. Any document under which Artsakh would be part of  Azerbaijan is unacceptable to Armenia, reads the statement. 

The authors also called on Armenia's authorities to refrain from any  negotiations, written or verbal agreements in defiance of Armenia's  Constitution and of the Armenian people's will, provide accurate  information to Armenia's Parliament and ensure publicity of reforms  of Armenia's Armed Forces and of issues related to Armenia's national  security. 

On December 7, 2021, the dominant parliamentary faction refused to  put the opposition forces' statement on border demarcation on the  agenda. Hayk Kondzhoryan, Head of the Civil Contract faction, stated  the document contained domestic political wordings. The dominant  faction also disrupted the voting on December 15 by not mustering a  quorum for a special meeting convened on the initiative of the  Hayastan (Armenia) opposition faction to discuss the situation and  adopt the opposition-finalized draft statement on demarcation of the  border with Azerbaijan.