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As a matter of fact the constitutional amendments have become a purposeful event in Armenia their purpose being no the improvement of the legislation but the fulfillment of commitments to Europe.

The constitutional amendments in multi-party Armenia are carried out by several political forces. The parliamentary and extraparliamentary forces affirm that the changes exercised by the authorities really have nothing in common with «reforms». Thus the opposition refuses to take part in any kind of discussions though they have thwir own suggestion on different items of the Constitution.

In this view chairman of the Conservative party of Armenia Mikael Hayrapetyan adheres to an extreme approach. Being an opponent of the acting Constitution still in 1998, he refrains from expressing any opinion. «Those, who participate in the discussion of the constitutional amendments want to prolong the terms of the incumbent illegal authorities

According to one of the proposal of the parliamentary opposition, the Mayor of Yerevan should be elective. However they are convinced that the leadership will not admit it, as the majority of the population resides in the city and an elective Mayor should become a counterbalance to the President.

«In our opinion everything should be regulated by the law. If Yerevan were a real community there would be less problems with the appearance of our city, settlement of social problems, human rights protection, deputy of Justice faction Grigor Harutyunyan says. In his words a strong community can become the heart of the strong state.

As for the problem of dismissal of the head of the local self-government body, the opposition considers inadmissible if an elective body is dismissed by a representative of an appointed body – marzpet or government.

In regards to the terms of the authorities of the head of the local self-government bodies opposition does not conflict with the proposal to extend it from 3 to 4 years. «However if the head of the community and the local community council are used as instruments for exercising injustices, the term does not matter», Grigor Harutyunyan noted.

Lena Badeyan