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26 Apr in 12:00 Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan signed the law on amendments to the Electoral Code, according to NA the press service. On April 1, the parliament passed this proposed law, according to which elections in Armenia shall be held by the proportional representation electoral system; that is, the "rating"-based electoral system has been abolished in the country. Armenia’s President Armen Sarkissian has not signed the law in 21-day period after its adoption ...

Armenian parliament speaker signs Electoral Code bill into law Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan on Monday signed into law a bill on amendments to the Electoral Code after President Armen Sarkissian refused to sign it and did not challenge its constitutionally. According to Article 129 (Part 3) of the Constitution of Armenia, the parliament speaker is entitled to approve a bill adopted by the National Assembly in case the president fails to either sign it into law or cha...

Speaker of Parliament signs into law electoral code amendments after president’s refusal | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency 11:56, 26 April, 2021 YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. Speaker of Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan signed into law the bill on amending the Electoral Code, which was adopted by parliament on April 1. Any bill which passes parliament is supposed to be signed into law by President Armen Sarkissian. However, in case of the said bill he neither signed it nor applied to the constitu...

Armenian PM Steps Down, Sets Stage For Early Parliamentary Vote April 25, 2021 08:46 GMT Nikol Pashinian is stepping down. Share share Print Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has tendered his resignation, formally freeing the way for parliamentary elections to be held in an effort to defuse a political crisis prompted by the countrys war last year with Azerbaijan. "According to an agreement with the president and political forces, today I’m stepping down in order to hold early parliame...

Venice Commission publishes opinion on amendments of Electoral Code of Armenia | ARMENPRESS Armenian News Agency 17:47, 22 April, 2021 YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR have published an opinion on the amendments of the Electoral Code of Armenia. ARMENPRESS reports it has been published in the official website of the Commission. The Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR noted with satisfaction that consultations among the political stakeholders and non-gove...

The Council of Europe’s body of constitutional legal experts, the Venice Commission, and the OSCE/ODIHR have published an urgent joint opinion on amendments to the Electoral Code and related legislation of Armenia. Having examined the conformity of the procedure of their development, as well as the conformity of the amendments with international standards, the opinion concludes that the package is to be broadly welcomed, as it addresses the majority of previous recommendations, but impro...

Load more 2021-04-17 17:55:00 Armenian President Will Not Sign Law Amending the Electoral Code Armenian President Armen Sarkissian will not sign an Electoral Code amendments bill passed by the National Assembly into law. The bill, among other provisions, would transition elections to a fully proportional system. Other amendments reduce the deposits paid by parties and party blocs running in parliamentary elections and reduce the threshold needed to enter parliament for parties from 5% to 4%.  ...

A woman casts her ballot during the 2018 parliamentary elections in Armenia YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—President Armen Sarkissian has refused to validate major amendments to Armenia’s Electoral Code which some opposition parties say are aimed at helping Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan win snap parliamentary elections expected in June. The government-backed amendments passed by the National Assembly early this month changed the legal mechanism for electing the country’s next parliament. Armenia...

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev held consultations on April 19 with six political parties and coalitions represented in the 45th National Assembly, but the talks offered little clarity on whether the new legislature could vote a new government into office. Radev said that he held the meetings as part of the constitutional procedure, without meaning them to be seen as “pushing the process in any specific direction” or himself serving as “the architect of a future coalition and government....

Opposition MP says electoral system changes sought by authorities ‘have nothing to do’ with Armenia’s interests According to the calculations, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan should resign on April 25 or 26, MP Gevorg Gorgisyan from the opposition Bright Armenia Party told reporters in the parliament on Monday.  According to him, if the ruling bloc moves to introduce a package of amendments to the Electoral Code to the parliament, it would be another “stupidity”. “It would ...