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    ARF-D TO NEGOTIATE WITH GOVERNMENT OVER CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

    16:07 * 13.01.15

    The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF) is going
    to conduct negotiations with the government over the constitutional
    reforms, which it considers very important.

    At a news conference on Tuesday, a member of the party's Bureau,
    Armen Rustamyan, said that they are ready to hold consultations with
    the authorities and all other interested sides over the issue.

    "The next round includes the consultations with the president; in the
    following round, it will go to the National Assembly. We need to have
    the political parities' clear approaches at the debates," he explained.

    Rustamyan said he finds that the constitutional reform concept
    reflects all the necessary approaches and viewpoints, adding that
    the existing resources do not establish sufficient grounds for a full
    government change.

    The politician said further that he sees an identity between the
    ruling regime and the state. "Our basic task is to make clear to
    the state the questions on the domestic level have to do with the
    Constitution. If we are not able to see the link between the problems
    and the Constitution, we will go in the wrong direction," he said.

    "Whatever is good in the Constitution has to be carried out not
    just be declared. It is important to ensure checks and balances,
    separating the branches of power," he added.

    Asked to what extent they are confident that the referendum would
    be without frauds, Artsvik Minasyan, another member of the party,
    stressed the importance of creating restrictive mechanisms.

    He further elaborated on the clauses considered acceptable to ARF-D.

    "The first clause in the document addresses changes in the government
    system, government-building, the formation of an independent judiciary
    and the authorities of the indirectly elected president. The fifth
    clause addresses the electoral system. Of importance are also the
    Central Election Commission's authorities which are also included in
    the concept," he explained.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/13/hyd/1557757

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