Op-ed: If Armenia's ruling party wants constitutional reform, it needs support from the opposition

Following Armenia’s parliamentary elections, debate has emerged over whether the ruling Civil Contract party can initiate major constitutional changes without holding a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly. Civil Contract controls 64 of Parliament’s 105 seats. This gives the party a three-fifths majority, but it remains six votes short of the 70 seats required for a two-thirds majority. That difference is important because Armenia’s Constitution establishes separate procedures for ordinary legislation, constitutional laws and amendments to the Constitution itself. [ . . . ] Civil Contract’s parliamentary majority gives it broad control over legislation and constitutional laws, but it is not sufficient to independently approve a referendum on a new Constitution or major constitutional amendments.
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