SPEAKER OF ARMENIA’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR WIDE POPULARIZATION OF REFORMS

Pravda, Russia
Oct 5 2005

02:07 2005-10-05
“When we speak about changing the ruling elite in Armenia we must
consider that in two and three years accordingly parliamentary and
presidential elections will take place,” said Speaker of the National
Assembly of Armenia Artur Bagdasaryan at a briefing Tuesday.

“If someone tries to prove that the constitutional reforms are
ineffective, I’m open to a constructive dialogue. Maybe, the current
draft is not ideal, but it has been approved by the Council of Europe’s
Venice Commission and international community,” added the speaker.

According to Bagdasaryan, on the threshold of the referendum on
constitutional changes in Armenia, people are divided into four
groups – those, who are against all changes, those, who agree with
the changes, those, who are uninformed about the reforms, and the
last group are speculating about the reforms.

“We must start a wide campaign to inform people about the current
reforms. However, this process must not be a monopoly of the ruling
coalition, and should involve all political and social forces.
Constitutional reforms help creating more transparent government
system”, said Artur Bagdasaryan, REGNUM reported.