After the visit to Armenia, the Co- Rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee on Armenia for Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Axel Fischer and Alan Mill, made a remarkable statement. They highlighted the fact that “the main goals of the constitutional reforms are to be the strengthening of political pluralism, increase of accountability of the government before the National Assembly and the public trust in the political system.” But, it is obvious through the naked eye that no pluralism and consolidation as of now in Armenia’s political arena that has been repeatedly emphasized by the Venice Commission are ensured. Some political players, such as the ANC, “Heritage” party and PAP are against the constitutional amendments, some of them refused to attend the discussions on this issue, but even in this case, the RA authorities are persistent to push on and bring the constitutional amendments to the end, even though different statements made it clear that there is a possibility of holding a referendum on the issue in November. Hence, a question arises on how Serzh Sargsyan should behave to be able to both solve the issues of his reproduction and to improve the relations with PACE.
“Aravot” daily
