Today at 12:40 p.m. the discussion of the three draft constitutions started in the NA. Right away Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on state and legal affairs, is representing the coalition draft to the delegates. By the way, when Arthur Baghdasaryan announced while representing the draft that the authors are the three members of the coalition and the fraction «Democratic Delegate», Karen Karapetyan, head of the fraction, announced that they will not represent the corresponding chapter of the draft. «Do you decline the draft? », asked Arthur Baghdasaryan. No, we simply are not co-authors», said Karen Karapetyan.

The discussion of the draft constitutions has special procedure in the NA. 60 minutes are given to the representation of each draft.

Rafik Petrosyan representing the coalition draft informed that by the first draft constitution 1 article has bee removed, 25 have been filled up, and 97 have been improved from the RA present Constitution. Before representing the changes Rafik Petrosyan informed the delegates with a long introduction why constitutional amendments are done. «The Constitutional amendments have perspectives», he announced adding that they are done not to solve the present problems but to reflect the internal and foreign policy of the Republic in the Constitution.

At present Rafik Petrosyan has finished his speech and the delegates are asking him question.