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24.10.2015
Venice Commission Unanimously Approves the Opinions on the RA Draft Constitution Amendments
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On October 23 the RA NA President Galust Sahakyan took part in the Session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission), within the framework of which the preliminary opinion on the Chapters 1-7 and 10 of the Draft Constitutional Amendments of the Republic of Armenia, the second preliminary opinion on Chapters 8, 9 and 11-16, prepared on the basis of the considerations of the Commission members Sergio Bartole, Aivars Endziņš, Christoph Grabenwarter, Taliya Khabrieva, Evgeni Tanchev and Kaarlo Tuori.

Touching upon the RA Constitutional Amendments, the Venice Commission members Taliya Khabrieva, Evgeni Tanchev, Sergio Bartole and Aivars Endziņš highly assessed the Draft Constitutional Amendments, characterizing it as a document corresponding to the international standards of democracy.

At the Plenary Session of the Venice Commission, where representatives of sixty countries took part, the opinions presented by the Experts’ Group were unanimously approved.


24.10.2015
Galust Sahakyan Discusses Issues on the Draft Constitutional Amendments with the President of the Venice Commission
The President of the RA National Assembly Galust Sahakyan discussed issues regarding the necessity of the coming legislative amendments after the approval of the Constitutional Amendments, as a result of the RA Draft Constitutional Amendments, coming referendum, as well as issues regarding the neces...