PARTIES CRITICIZE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
Panorama.am
14:01 27/11/06
"Nothing positive has taken place in Armenia followed by the
constitutional reform," Aram Karapetyan, leader of New Times party,
told reporters today during a discussion dedicated to one of referendum
on constitution.
In his words, the authorities once again proved that they are the
owners of the country. Karapetyan believes the only positive thing
was that people boycotted the referendum. "More than 350,000 voters
did not take part in the referendum," Karapetyan pointed out. He said
again everything was pre-decided at the top levels.
Eduard Antinyan, secretary of polit board of Liberal Progressive
party of Armenia, said normal elections and referendum are impossible
to conduct under the conditions of distrust. "After constitutional
reforms we have not witnessed democratization. Moreover, basis of
democracy were not created in the country. On the contrary, people
started to trust the authorities less," he said. He also noted that the
positive thing is that citizens can now on apply to the Constitutional
Court.