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    Armenian opposition MPs call for "no" vote on constitutional referendum

    Mediamax news agency
    31 May 05

    Yerevan, 31 May: The parliamentary factions of the opposition Justice
    bloc and the National Unity Party issued a statement today. They called
    on the Armenian citizens to vote against the draft constitutional
    amendments put forward by the ruling political coalition.

    The leaders of the Justice bloc and the National Unity Party, Stepan
    Demirchyan and Artashes Gegamyan, signed the statement.

    "Genuinely democratic constitutional reforms have no alternative and
    they will be implemented once a legitimate government is established
    in Armenia," the statement said.

    The coalition's draft, which the Armenian parliament adopted in the
    first reading on 11 May, "is directed at perpetuating the authoritarian
    system", the opposition's statement said.

    It is expected that the referendum on amending the constitution will
    be held in Armenia at the end of the summer or at the beginning of
    the autumn.
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