YEREVAN. – We were for the idea of a referendum. [Our MP] Mikayel Melkumyan made a speech and said that we are ready to work 24 hours a day to fully discuss and maintain the legal side. We were waiting for a response; as there was no response, we did not take part in the voting. Gagik Tsarukyan, head of the opposition Prosperous Armenia faction, said this in a conversation with journalists in the National Assembly today.
In response to the question whether Prosperous Armenia will be in the "yes" or the "no" camp for the forthcoming constitutional referendum, Tsarukyan responded: "We will now convene a political board meeting, discuss, and announce. (…) whatever the majority will say will be so.”
As to whether the Prosperous Armenia and opposition Bright Armenia factions’ MPs could petition to the Constitutional Court (CC) and contest the decision to hold this referendum, Tsarukyan responded: "Since the CC is a stakeholder, that is why we have abstained."