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Taron Simonyan: The highest-level agitation campaign has already begun on the referendum issue

Arminfo, Armenia
Feb 10 2020

ArmInfo.The President of Armenia could appeal to the Constitutional Court on the issue of referendum, but did not use this option. On February 10, MP from  Bright Armenia faction Taron Simonyan stated this in a conversation  with reporters.

According to the MP,  Bright Armenia  expressed tits position on this  issue during a vote in parliament.  "We convened a special meeting to  discuss the matter regarding our future tactics before the  referendum. I don't know exactly when this meeting will take place,  but we will make a statement on this issue in the near future,"  Simonyan emphasized.  He also emphasized that the highest level  campaign  had already begun. "The campaign has not only begun, but  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made a corresponding statement on his  Facebook page. This means that the campaign has already begun and is  taking place at the highest level," the MP noted.

When asked whether it is possible at the level of judges of the  Constitutional Court to appeal the appointment of a referendum,  Simonyan replied that the President and one fifth of the MPs can  appeal to the Constitutional Court, "he concluded.

It should be noted that on February 6, the Armenian parliament  decided to submit draft amendments to the Constitution to the  referendum. 88 MPs voted for this decision, 15 MPs – against , and  abstained-0. Many deputies and human rights activists said that this  decision is unconstitutional, since initially the deputies had to  send their proposal to the Constitutional Court. To recall, even  before the vote, the Prosperous Armenia faction stated that it would  not take part in the vote.

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