Amendment No. 7 | Doc. 13868 Part 1 | 30 September 2015

The progress of the Assembly’s monitoring procedure (October 2014-August 2015)

Signatories: Mr Levon ZOURABIAN, Armenia, ALDE ; Ms Sirkka-Liisa ANTTILA, Finland, ALDE ; Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Alfred HEER, Switzerland, ALDE ; Ms Anne KALMARI, Finland, ALDE ; Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN, Sweden, ALDE ; Mr João Bosco MOTA AMARAL, Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Bernard PASQUIER, Monaco, ALDE ; Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE ; Ms Kristýna ZELIENKOVÁ, Czech Republic, ALDE

Origin - 2015 - Fourth part-session

In the draft resolution, paragraph 9.2, replace the words "Armenia, efforts to reform the constitutional framework" with the following words:

"Armenia, the initiation of the public debate on reforming the constitutional framework".

Explanatory note

The original phrasing effectively sides with the Armenian authorities' position on the change of the constitution, opposed by many political forces and the civil society of Armenia as an attempt by the incumbent president to retain power, and predetermines the will of the people to be expressed in the referendum.