Power in Armenia irreversibly belongs to people – Pashinyan's message on Constitution Day

Caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan issued a congratulatory message on the occasion of the Constitution Day, noting that the June 20 snap parliamentary elections showed that after decades of struggle, the constitutional provision that power in the Republic of Armenia belongs to the people and the people exercise their power through free elections has been irreversibly established in Armenia, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

The message runs as follows,

'' Dear compatriots, dear people,

I congratulate all of us on the occasion of July 5, Constitution Day. We welcome July 5, 2021 in completely new conditions, with the implementation of immutable Article 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia. According to that article, power in the Republic of Armenia belongs to the people, and the people exercise their power through free elections.

The early parliamentary elections of June 20, 2021 showed that after decades of struggle, this constitutional provision has been irreversibly established in Armenia. Every citizen of the Republic of Armenia today sees and knows that he is a decisive force, as provided by the Constitution of our country.

The snap parliamentary elections, therefore, showed that in the last three years there have been profound changes in our constitutional consciousness. For the first time in the history of the Third Republic, elections have become a way to overcome the internal political crisis, not to provoke a crisis. This creates strong preconditions for the implementation of our mission of creating a constitutional reality.

The core of our future plans is set out in the first article of the preamble of the Constitution of our country. We must unite our best national poten...