YEREVAN. - 14 deputies have joined the initiative of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) to extend the parliamentary election day.

Secretary of ANC faction, Aram Manukyan, said the aforementioned in the National Assembly (NA) on Monday. No more signatures were collected only because there are almost no deputies in the parliament now, he added.

The signature collection will continue tomorrow as well. Several deputies have already promised to join it.

If the necessary 27 signatures are collected, the ANC will apply to the Constitutional Court, proposing to change the parliamentary election day.

Among the deputies, who signed the initiative are Hrant Bagratyan, other members of the ANC faction, deputies of Consolidation Party headed by Vartan Oskanian, members of Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan, Vahe Enfiajyan, Mikayel Melkumyan, as well as Heritage Party faction MP Tevan Poghosyan.