Council of Constitutional Reforms of Armenia supports abolition of  constitutional requirement for formation of stable political majority

ArmInfo.There is a decision by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to a new Constitution, said  Armenian Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan on September 19 at a regular meeting of the Council on Constitutional Reform.  

According to the Ministry of Justice's report, the Council continued its  discussion on the issue of abolishing the principle of a stable  parliamentary majority, submitted by the head of the public  organization and a member of the Council  Daniel Ioannisyan.  Grigor Minasyan emphasized the desire to abolish  the regulation of a , but stressed that  this should only be done after   the entire Constitution.

The Council voted to approve the proposal to abolish the  constitutional requirement for the formation of a stable political  majority, as defined in Part 3 of Article 89 of the Constitution of  the Republic of Armenia.  The proposal submitted by Daniel Ioannisyan  to implement the change through a conceptual proposal was rejected by  a majority vote of the Constitutional Reform Council. The majority of  the council members also voted against separating the issue of  "abolishing the principle of a stable parliamentary majority" from  the entire reform in 2026, ahead of the NA elections and introducing  the corresponding change through the National Assembly," the Ministry  of Justice states in a press release.