ARMENIAN MOD HEAD: CONSTITUTION IS MAIN DOCUMENT OF COUNTRY SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Pan Armenian News
01.09.2005 06:42

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ “If the referendum over the Constitution in
Armenia fails, I will not consider that the people have expressed
their distrust to the incumbent authorities: as you remember, there
were referendums in European countries that were not adopted either,
however this was not evaluated as distrust to the authorities.” This
statement was made by Armenian Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan
today. “Trust or distrust of the authorities is a relative concept,
as 50.1% may trust something, while 49.9% may distrust it.

The Constitution is the main document of the country that should
be subject to changes as time goes by. The draft of course
includes provisions that is desired to touch upon, however on the
whole the option is acceptable,” Sargsyan noted. The head of the
Armenian MOD commented over the critical statements of opposition
forces in the Parliament, voiced within the second reading of the
draft amendments. “The criticism by the opposition was of course
expected. The attacked of myself, as well as the Republican Party
were also expected. However, the coalition was not silent, trying to
explain the essence of the changes in every way possible for them
to be understandable to our people. I think within this period the
task of making the main point of the referendum clear to the society
is available. Touching upon statements of National Unity opposition
party leader Artashes Geghamyan, the head of the Armenian MOD noted,
“Geghamyan, as usual, has tried to say something, however I did not
listen to him. He is a liar and talebearer, at that he is an idle
man, who also panics. I do not know what is the reason for his panic,
probably his recurrent proposal on cooperation was turned down. It
seems to him that he is the hub of the universe, though neither me, nor
other state officials, proceeding from our national dignity, did not
allow ourselves, as Geghamyan stated, to discuss either Geghamyan’s or
another one’s person with Russian or European colleagues,” S. Sargsyan
noted, reported IA Regnum.