President Sargsyan discusses constitutional reform with Free Democrats party
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met today with representatives of ‘Free Democrats’ Party Khachatur Kokobelyan, Masis Aivazyan, Anzhela Khachatryan and Hovhannes Ghazaryan, as part of consultations with Armenian political parties over the constitutional reform, according to the presidential press service.
To remind, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan submitted on August 21 the draft amendments in the Constitution of Armenia to the National Assembly. The draft amendments had been developed by the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President. Vardan Poghosyan, a member of the Commission, has been appointed as official representative of Armenian President for presentation of the draft amendments to the Constitution in the National Assembly of Armenia. This week President Serzh Sargsyan is holding consultations with representatives of political parties regarding the approaches stated in the draft Constitution. The head of state also instructed the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President to continue the dialog with the Venice Commission (VC) over those issues indicated in the VC’s preliminary opinion, around which no agreed solutions have been found so far.