ArmInfo. The ruling "Civil Contract" faction of the Armenian Parliament changed its mind to apply to the Constitutional Court on the issue of depriving opposition MPs of their mandates. Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Ruben Rubinyan told journalists this on July 14 following the meeting of the NA Council.
Earlier it was reported that Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan initiated the process of depriving the mandates of 33 MPs of the "Hayastan" and "I have the Honor" opposition parliamentary factions on the basis of their absence at more than half of the meetings of the last session of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. According to Rubinyan, the Council decided to postpone the discussion of the issue for a week due to the absence of opposition representatives at the meeting. However, this is of a technical nature, and today it has already been decided not to address the issue to the CC, <for a number of reasons>. "We respect the voice of the voters. We hope that the citizens who voted for theseMPs will draw conclusions," he explained. The decision not to apply to the Constitutional Court is also due to the desire to maintain political stability and solidarity in the country. The representative of the ruling power emphasized that the issue of deprivation of mandates was automatically included in the agenda of the Council, because the number of disrespectful absences exceeded the allowed.
In response to the journalists' remark that the opposition has always stated that it will come to parliament only with its own agenda, namely, the demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the vice speaker said that if they do not present in parliament in the fall, the issue of applying to the CC on the basis of missed meetings is updated again.
