RA NA ADOPTED ADDRESS TO PRESIDENT ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM

PanARMENIAN.Net - September 28 the Armenian National Assembly with 90 votes "for", no "against" and abstentions adopted the address to Armenian President Robert Kocharian to hold the referendum on the constitutional amendments. Justice and National Unity opposition factions did not take part in the voting. Today the Armenian parliamentarians adopted the package of amendments to the Organic Law of the country and the law "On Referendum". As Vice Speaker Tigran Torossian told journalists, the President is entitled either to sign or decline the address within three weeks. According to T. Torossian, the referendum will be held no sooner than 45 days and no later than 60 days after the signing. In his turn Parliament Chairman Artur Baghdassaryan informed that the referendum will be held in the third decade of November. He also stressed that the spreading of propaganda among the population is the task not only of parties serving on the coalition but also of all the political forces and public organizations, IA Regnum reports.