Azerbaijan is trying to sell issue of amendments to Armenian  Constitution at much higher price - opposition MP

ArmInfo.  Baku understands the role of false peacemaking in the re-election of Nikol Pashinyan's government and is trying to sell the issue of amending the Armenian  Constitution at a much higher price, believes Tigran Abrahamyan, a  member of the Armenian parliament from the With Honor opposition  faction.

The MP noted that in this process, "along the way," the Azerbaijani  side is trying to "push through" all the current demands.

The MP noted that the problem with constitutional amendments in  Armenia-Azerbaijan relations is that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  is trying to present them as his initiative, while Azerbaijani  President Ilham Aliyev constantly reminds everyone that they are  being done at his request.

"In fact, both Pashinyan and Aliyev are pursuing the same goals.  Simply to preserve his image, the Armenian prime minister is trying  to present the amendments to the Armenian Constitution as an internal  demand of the country, which is clearly not true," Abrahamyan wrote  on his Facebook page. While the Armenian authorities are abandoning  their interests and losing their last remaining trump cards, which  they have no control over, Azerbaijan, by pursuing the path of  denigrating the Armenian leadership, is expanding its influence and  capabilities.

"But it is obvious to the Armenian people that the Armenian  authorities are abandoning their interests and losing their last  remaining trump cards, which they have no control over, while  Azerbaijan, by pursuing the path of denigrating the Armenian  government, is expanding its influence and capabilities," the MP  concluded.

On January 19, 2024, at the Armenian Ministry of Justice, Nikol  Pashinyan stated that the country needed a new Constitution that  would make the Republic more viable in the new geopolitical  conditions. On February 1, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev noted  that a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan could only be signed  after amendments to the Armenian Constitution. Meanwhile, the  country's opposition is convinced that the initiative originated in  Baku, primarily with the goal of removing references to the  Declaration of Independence from the Constitution, which mentions the  resolution on the reunification of the Armenian SSR and  Nagorno-Karabakh. Article 11 of the Declaration of Independence,  which states that the Republic of Armenia supports international  recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey, is  also considered problematic. In late August, the head of the Armenian  Ministry of Justice announced that a constitutional referendum in  Armenia, as part of the new agreement, is planned for 2027.