YEREVAN. – The draft Electoral Code of Armenia will be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in the second reading during the regular four-day session from May 16 to 19, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“In all likelihood, we will submit it in next four-day [NA session],” Sahakyan noted. “ Naturally, next Friday [(May 13)] will be our committee meeting, where the draft will be approved. Workshops were organized until this; it was discussed article by article.”

The MP said he believes the draft election law will be adopted by June 1, the deadline specified by the Constitution.

“In the second and third readings, the Electoral Code will be subjected to just editorial changes; there is no right to change the content,” Hovhannes Sahakyan added. “In all probability, the committee will set a 24-hour procedure from the second to the third reading; we will get it done till June 1.”