Armenian prime minister signs decree to establish constitutional reforms council

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decree on dissolving the “Specialized Commission for Constitutional Reforms” which was created on February 12 and instead creating a Constitutional Reforms Council. The Council will be presided by the Minister of Justice Karen Andreasyan. Members of the Council will include the Representative of Armenia before the European Court of Human Rights, the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on State-Legal Affairs, the Human Rights Defender, one Member of Parliament from each parliamentary faction, one representative from the Supreme Judicial Council, three representatives nominated by political parties (alliances) which didn’t participate in the distribution of mandates of the 8th parliament (parties eligible for nominating representatives must have participated in at least two parliamentary elections in at least the last 5 years. Three representatives nominated by NGOs registered in Armenia will also be included in the Council.
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