YEREVAN. – If we are talking about the opinion of international partners, then, represented by the conclusion of the Venice Commission, I believe everything is more than clear in that conclusion. Lilit Makunts, head of the majority My Step faction, on Wednesday stated this in a talk with journalists in the National Assembly (NA), referring to the issue of how the international partners of Armenia will react to the fact that the NA discussed the issue of the Constitutional Court exclusively among the ruling majority, and the opposition factions in parliament were not in attendance to these debates.

"We don’t have a disagreement with the on the key and conceptual part of the conclusion of the Venice Commission. And in terms of the other details, we have chosen the path that we believe can weaken and resolve this tense situation. I would also like to remind that the opinion of the Venice Commission is advisory and is not binding," she added.

As for the fact that only the ruling majority faction took part in the voting in the NA, Makunts said. "First of all, it is the right of the opposition whether or not to participate in the NA sittings; here the majority does not make a decision. On the other hand, the Constitution and the NA Rules of Procedure clearly define how the decisions of the NA are adopted. The fact that at this moment the political majority is also the constitutional majority in the parliament does not in any way prevent from carrying out any action and holding voting according to our belief.”