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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SETS CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM FOR NEXT MONTH
The Associated Press
10/04/05 12:36 EDT
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has
signed an order to hold a constitutional referendum next month,
the presidential office said Tuesday.
Kocharian signed the constitutional amendments, passed by the Armenian
parliament last month, and scheduled a referendum for Nov.
27 to vote on them, his office said in a statement.
The amendments are intended to impose a more strict separation of
powers between the judicial, executive and legislative branches. The
proposed changes also include removal of a clause outlawing dual
citizenship for members of Armenia's large foreign Diaspora.
Lawmakers passed the amendments on Sep. 28 by a 89-0 vote, with one
abstention. The 24 opposition deputies, however, boycotted the vote,
just as they have boycotted most sessions of parliament on the grounds
that their proposals were not taken into account.
The opposition has called on Armenians to reject the amendments in
a late November referendum.
The Associated Press
10/04/05 12:36 EDT
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has
signed an order to hold a constitutional referendum next month,
the presidential office said Tuesday.
Kocharian signed the constitutional amendments, passed by the Armenian
parliament last month, and scheduled a referendum for Nov.
27 to vote on them, his office said in a statement.
The amendments are intended to impose a more strict separation of
powers between the judicial, executive and legislative branches. The
proposed changes also include removal of a clause outlawing dual
citizenship for members of Armenia's large foreign Diaspora.
Lawmakers passed the amendments on Sep. 28 by a 89-0 vote, with one
abstention. The 24 opposition deputies, however, boycotted the vote,
just as they have boycotted most sessions of parliament on the grounds
that their proposals were not taken into account.
The opposition has called on Armenians to reject the amendments in
a late November referendum.