“Armenia has cheated the COE”, this was the opinion of the Vardan Poghosyan, representative of the Democratic Reforms Monitoring Group. According to him, in the coalition draft constitution which has been observed by the Monitoring Group and will be adopted in the NA by first hearing, nothing is mentioned about the independence of the Human Rights Defender Institute.

“The Government is still dependent on the RA President, and NA has no role here. Excluding the NA dissolution Institute the country can face a crash”, concludes Constitution expert Vardan Pogosyan. Another shortcoming of the coalition draft is that there is no reference to the election of the Yerevan mayor. And according to the calculation of Vardan Pogosyan this draft must be improved within 5 months.

“The Venice Committee mentions a most important point – not a single constitutional amendment is guaranteed without political agreement”, informed Vardan Pogosyan.