Tuesday, January 30 2024 12:33

ArmInfo.The idea of Armenia's new constitution proposed to the public is the result of pressure by Baku, political expert Tevan Poshosyan told ArmInfo. 

He recalled the statement made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev  back in 2021 that Armenia needs a new Basic Law to "avoid the  possibility of revanchism." "The Armenian authorities could then  answer that this would never happen, but they did nothing of the  kind. Meanwhile, all the necessary changes could be made within the  framework of constitutional reforms by introducing appropriate  amendments to the current Constitution. If something does not suit  you, make changes and additions to the current Constitution," the  political scientist said. However, according to Tevan Poghosyan, the  authorities, apparently, want to erase everything old, justifying  this by the fact that supposedly the old state no longer exists, and  the new one requires new legislation, including the Constitution.

"There is no doubt that the idea of a new Constitution is based on  the task of getting rid of the factors of Artsakh and international  recognition of the Armenian Genocide," the political scientist said.  According to him, any idea that someone promotes is pursuing their  own interests. "Taking into account the fact that today Armenia is  led by a losing force, it probably has its own interests in order to  avoid the problems and consequences caused by the current  Constitution, which determines the content of the entire legislative  framework of the country," the political scientist emphasized,  pointing out as an example of the authorities' resistance to the  Hayaqve initiative, according to which it was planned to criminalize  actions aimed at refusing recognition of the right of the people of  Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination and international recognition  of the Armenian genocide.

The Constitution of Armenia contains a reference to the Declaration  of Independence adopted in 1990, the very first paragraph of which  mentions the joint resolution of the Supreme Council of the Armenian  SSR and the National Council of Nagorno-Karabakh dated December 1,  1989 "On the reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh."  In addition, the declaration enshrines the main provisions for the  formation of statehood - from establishing relations with other  countries to the demand for "international recognition of the  Armenian genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey." Last year, the Armenian  prime minister spoke of disagreement with the Declaration of  Independence, which contained a "confrontational narrative." Before  Pashinyan's latest statement about the need for a new Constitution,  only amendments to the main law were discussed.