YEREVAN. - The draft Electoral Code can be sent to the Venice Commission several times.

Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Hovhannes Sahakyan, who is also the head of Armenian National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am correspondent, referring to the oppositions’s criticism regarding the fact that the draft had been sent to the Venice Commission without discussing it with Armenian political and public forces.

“I don’t see any problem here. After discussions in the NA, the already edited version of the draft can once again be sent to the Venice Commission,”the MP said.

To the question on whether the opposition’s proposals may be included in the draft, the MP said: “Let us not discuss anything on substance at the moment: we can speak about it only after we see the developments of the discussion and the final result. If the proposals aren’t included during the 2nd and 3rd reading, we will then answer why they weren’t included and implemented.”

The opposition forces consider it unacceptable that the draft Electoral Code has been sent to the Venice Commission without holding discussions with political forces within the country.