Murder- a constitutional norm (video)
If a stable parliamentary majority isn’t formed in the second round, the winning party will get additional mandates in the parliament, which will be added to the set 101 mandates. “It gets these additional mandates by the increase of the number of deputies, and not from the mandates of the defeated parties,” says constitutional law expert Vardan Poghosyan. “Pay attention, theoretically the largest number can be 198, practically that number can be from 120 to 130,” notes Head of the NA staff Hrayr Tovmasyan. If any party wins the first round with 45% votes, theoretically in the second round it can become 51-53%, it means that 9 mandates will be added to 101 mandates: “Whether before the second round we will permit the formation of coalitions or not, it means coalitions can also take part in the second round,” notes Hrayr Tovmasyan. The Constitution doesn’t plan, but if two forces, which entered the second round, have the same candidate for a prime minister, there will be no need for holding the second round: “These are issues which haven’t been regulated at the level of Constitution in any country and all this will be left to the Electoral Code.” Our constitutional law experts have invented the stable parliamentary majority in order to avoid the example of Italy, which has parliamentary system of government: “Where in the post-war period, in fact, on average each government operated for 10 months. Can we afford to hold parliamentary elections every 10 months?” says Mr. Tovmasyan. The next problem is the second paragraph of Article 23 of the draft, according to which depriving a person of life becomes a constitutional norm. According to Vardan Poghosyan it has been taken from European Convention. The Committee has observed the Constitutions of Cyprus, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where depriving a person of life is also a constitutional norm. By the way, neither of two constitutional law experts was suggested the vacant post of Minister of Justice.
