Constitutional reforms may lead to government change – Armenian opposition MP

Yerkir website
4 Jun 05

Yerevan, 3 June: If the [ruling] coalition attempts to pass its draft
constitutional reforms in a referendum, this will be the beginning
of the change of power, the member of the Justice faction, MP Arshak
Sadoyan, told journalist during a news conference at the Armenian
National Assembly today.

He said that the deputy speaker of the Armenian National Assembly,
Tigran Torosyan, has always prevented him from meeting members of the
Council of Europe Venice Commission. The draft constitutional reforms
submitted by Sadoyan have not been sent to the Venice Commission in
full as a result of which the commission considered an incomplete
bill prepared by Sadoyan or did not schedule a meeting with him.

Commenting on the Venice Commission’s meetings and conclusions, Sadoyan
said that the members of the commission are greatly disappointed.

Asked why the Justice faction supports the draft constitutional
reforms submitted by the National Democratic Bloc [NDB], not the
bill submitted by Sadoyan, who is a member of the Justice faction,
he expressed his confidence that the members of the Justice faction
have not read his draft law.

At the end, he pointed out that 30-40 proposals made by the Venice
Commission will be included in their bill and sent to the Council of
Europe Venice Commission.