Today, after the regular session of the Government, Nikol Pashinyan again held a briefing with journalists, during which he explained at length what a “dangerous declaration” the declaration of independence of the Republic of Armenia is and what “conflicts it can bring to the country”.

“Imagine that you have moved to a new apartment, live on a common platform, threaten the neighbors in front, back, and next door, thus declaring independence as well. What does that mean? how are you going to live in that environment under the conditions of those threats… Only and only with external help, and that will continue to put you in a growing dependence on those from whom you expect that help.” mentioned Pashinyan.

He promised to prove it by analyzing the text in the near future.

As for the amendments to the RA Constitution, he mentioned.

“And so the Declaration of Independence is a declaration of conflict and dependence. We need the constitution and this conversation, it is a matter of our internal agenda. We have not discussed it with any external force, we are not discussing it and we will not discuss it. We are discussing it with our people.”

On the same day last week, he announced that there will be no reference to the Declaration of Independence in the new Constitution.

Human rights defender of Vardan Harutyunyan In other words, Nikol Pashinyan’s move and statement that the Declaration of Independence will not be mentioned in the new Constitution is not at all surprising.

“This was a demand, an external demand, coming from Azerbaijan, which Nikol Pashinyan, of course, could not resist.

As for the confrontation of the Armenian nation, I cannot say what will happen, or what kind of uprisings may or may not occur. But since they write the Constitution, the authorities, they can’t resist, so they submitted to the demand.” 168.amVardan Harutyunyan said in a conversation with

Continuing, the human rights defender said that this is not the first demand from Azerbaijan to RA, there were many demands in the past that were fulfilled by the authorities.

“For example, demarcation and demarcation, which was supposed to start from Tavush and continue, but it started and did not continue. Retreats are recorded in all fields, only retreats and concessions are recorded after the great defeat of 2020. Azerbaijan still gets what it demands, that’s all,” Vardan Harutyunyan emphasized.

Let’s remind that from the beginning, the Communist Party planned constitutional reforms, there was no mention of having a new Constitution, but after the defeat in the 44-day war in Artsakh in 2020, Nikol Pashinyan started talking about the need to have a new Constitution.

In parallel with all this, the President of Azerbaijan constantly declares that “the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia hinders the peace process”.

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