Until last week, Nikol Pashinyan, the Minister of Justice and the CP members in general did not clearly say that there will be no reference to the Declaration of Independence in the new Constitution. Nikol Pashinyan in a press conference with journalists after the Cabinet meeting last Thursday confirmed.

“There will be no reference to the Declaration of Independence in the new Constitution.”

Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan in a conversation with journalists at the National Assembly on March 2 had saidthat the new text of the Constitution is ready, but there is still no final decision regarding the Declaration of Independence. He also said today that the text of the Constitution will be discussed at the session of the CP department.

Founder of “Njar” constitutional movement, human rights activist Nina Karapetyantsi in my opinion, Nikol Pashinyan should not be given any chance to be re-elected, all legal measures that are allowed both by RA law and international conventions should be used.

“Everyone should take part in the elections, should give an account of what situation we are in and what danger threatens us. This is not about the presence or absence of the Declaration of Independence, this is not about constitutional changes, but about canceling the Republic of Armenia as a state, many people are already talking about this.” 168.amNina Karapetyants said in a conversation with

According to Nina Karapetyants, when the former speak, they try to target them as “pro-Russian” forces, “formers”, etc., but she does not personally represent either the former or the present, nor is she pro-Russian, and continues to insist that Nikol Pashinyan’s proposal can be implemented only in one case: when the statehood of the country is canceled, the Third Republic of Armenia is canceled.

“There is simply no other way to not refer to the Declaration of Independence. Nikol Pashinyan has announced this and has full support from Aliyev, he has exclusive support only from him. And he does not have any support from adequate people inside Armenia, this is the reason why he constantly seeks support abroad and receives support abroad. Naturally, it will be very difficult to fight against this, because Nikol Pashinyan has started using all possible and impossible methods and will continue to use them before the elections,” added Nina Karapetyants.

According to him, Nikol Pashinyan will continue all that after the elections, when people will face a situation where no one will ask the opinion of RA citizens regarding the implementation of Aliyev’s Constitution in RA.

He is sure that it is not possible for Nikol Pashinyan to get 51 percent of votes. “I am sure that he alone cannot gather so many votes, moreover, the political forces that could have supported Nikol Pashinyan with their votes do not have any chance, because they have been ruthlessly discredited and will not enter the National Assembly at all. It is a different matter that Nikol Pashinyan will collect enough votes, including through fraud, pressure, administrative resource and other various machinations. But it will not be enough to form a government. Here comes the next question: will the opposition forces be able to unite and form a coalition in the post-election phase, will they have enough common sense or not, and will they have enough votes or not?

On the other hand, I do not rule out the street struggle at all, the way Nikol Pashinyan came to power on the street. His election in 2018 did not follow the RA constitution, but it was the will of the people gathered on the street. So I think we can do that too, there is nothing illegal about it. If Pashinyan sees something illegal in this, first of all, a criminal case should be initiated against him,” emphasized Nina Karapetyants.

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