Discussions on concept of constitutional reforms will start this January

ArmInfo. Discussions on the  concept of constitutional reforms will start this January, Armenia's  Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan told reporters on January 8. 

According to him, the draft Concept itself was submitted to the  Armenian government at the end of December last year. It was the  result of joint work between the Commission and the Council for  Constitutional Amendments. Some of the initiatives belong to the  Council, and others to the Commission.  "As early as January of this  year, we are beginning discussions on the Concept itself, and after  its final approval, the process of public awareness of what the  developed document is will begin," the minister said.

He noted that when developing the Concept of the Basic Law of the  country, a complex model was chosen, in which representatives of  political elites, parties and public organizations took an active  part. "All issues were discussed openly and transparently through  open voting. There is not a single issue that passed with an  advantage of one or two votes. This means that the Concept will be  the result of consensus with the public sector, which is very  important, bearing in mind previous experience," he said.