It will not be possible to get rid of this power by moving only with the Electoral Code

The constitutional order in Armenia has been defeated, there cannot be two opinions here. The constitutional order established by the Constitution no longer exists, and in these conditions, the person who holds all the levers of power resorts to illegal methods. A question may arise: if the constitutional order has been defeated, the electoral processes have already been disrupted, is it meaningful to participate in the electoral process, and in general, can we have certain expectations from these elections? 168TV’s “ expressed such an opinion during the program Constitutionalist Vardan Poghosyan.

“Regardless of what steps the government takes, what concentration of power is in the hands of the prime minister, there are two ways to get rid of this power. One is the electoral path, the other is the vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister stipulated by Article 115 of the Constitution. Unfortunately, from 2022 until now, the titular opposition, first of all, for subjective, but also objective reasons, failed to implement that process. There is an opportunity to do this before the election day, June 7,” said the lawyer.

“We have a government for which the Constitution no longer draws any boundaries. They define their own boundaries. The Constitution does not provide any time limit for expressing no confidence in the Prime Minister and electing a new Prime Minister at the same time. That would be the best way, in that case we could already be sure that the elections on June 7 would pass in a normal way, and Armenia would not face various disasters. It is impossible to rule out that this government will not take illegal steps to keep its power until June 7 and after that,” Poghosyan said.

According to the constitutional expert, many parties and politicians are deeply mistaken that it will be possible to get rid of this power only by following the rules provided by the Electoral Code.

“The government has used all measures, it openly allows European and Western structures to interfere in these processes. “Foreign services have started their activities to protect Armenia from the so-called “hybrid threats”, and under these conditions, it should not be assumed that the authorities will be guided by all the rules of the Electoral Code.”

“Regardless of how many parties will participate in the elections, what pre-election programs they will have, if they really set a goal to get rid of the current authorities through these elections, they should take several steps. The first main step is to explain to the electorate that we are not a European country, and the process of getting rid of the government will not end on June 7. It should start much earlier. People should be ready to go out into the streets,” said Vardan Poghosyan.

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