Armenian President met with President of National Assembly

ArmInfo. On August 28, Armenian  President Armen Sarkissian met with President of the National  Assembly of Armenia Ara Babloyan.

As the press service of the Parliament informs, the proposal to meet  was made by the President of Parliament in his statement on the  internal political situation in the country. Babloyan told the  President that yesterday during his meeting with Prime Minister  Pashinyan the parties agreed that the dissolution of the parliament  should be carried out exclusively democratically in accordance with  international standards, through political dialogue, negotiations and  discussions.

In his turn, President Sarkissian, noting the importance of the  Constitution, confirmed his position that negotiations and dialogue  are the best way to resolve all discrepancies, since in the future  the parties will respect the decisions that were adopted during these  talks.

To note on August 27, the meeting of the President of the National  Assembly with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place. During the  meeting, the parties discussed human rights for freedom of speech,  regardless of their political views, freedom of the courts and  transitional justice, as well as upcoming early elections to  parliament and possible amendments to the Constitution.

To note on August 20, after the rally on which Prime Minister  Pashinyan summed up the results of the 100 days of government's  works, President of National Assembly made a statement related to the  domestic situation in the country. The President noted that the  regular social-political life of the country, the legal -  constitutional relations of the state power bodies and the public  solidarity are endangered.  At the same time Babloyan noted that he  sees dangerous tendencies of dividing the society into mutually  exclusive groups of supporters of revolution and counterrevolution,  as well as the deepening of intolerance. The Head of the Parliament  also stated that there were dangerous messages in Prime Minister  Pashinyan's speech both to the Constitutional Order of the Republic  of Armenia and the fundaments of statehood, which directly contradict  the international commitments assumed by the Republic of Armenia  aiming at building democratic state. Babloyan also considers that  under the thesis of "transitional justice" an anti-legal hint of  giving the retroactive effect to the laws was presented. At the same  time the possibility of carrying out constitutional amendments in the  National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and the threat of  ensuring the desirable outcome in any way is an obvious pressure and  compulsion towards the legislative power by the Head of the executive  body, Babloyan stated in his statement. In turn Prime Minister  Pashinyan stated that there is no pressure and expressed readiness to  meet with Babloyan.