RA NA ADOPTED ADDRESS TO PRESIDENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
Pan Armenian News
28.09.2005 03:25
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ September 28 the Armenian National Assembly with
90 votes “for”, no “against” and abstentions adopted the address to
Armenian President Robert Kocharian to hold the referendum on the
constitutional amendments. Justice and National Unity opposition
factions did not take part in the voting. Today the Armenian
parliamentarians adopted the package of amendments to the Organic Law
of the country and the law “On Referendum”. As Vice Speaker Tigran
Torossian told journalists, the President is entitled either to sign
or decline the address within three weeks. According to T.
Torossian, the referendum will be held no sooner than 45 days and no
later than 60 days after the signing. In his turn Parliament Chairman
Artur Baghdassaryan informed that the referendum will be held in
the third decade of November. He also stressed that the spreading
of propaganda among the population is the task not only of parties
serving on the coalition but also of all the political forces and
public organizations, IA Regnum reports.