YEREVAN. – Hraparak daily of Armenia writes: [The majority] My Step [faction in the National Assembly (NA)] has submitted a package of amendments to the Electoral Code, which [the package] stipulates that NA elections are not set and are not held during martial law or state of emergency [in the country]. The regular or snap NA elections that have not taken place due to martial law or state of emergency shall be held not earlier than 50 and not later than 65 days after the end of martial law or state of emergency.

If these amendments are adopted, there will be no elections [in Armenia] even after the resignation of the prime minister and the non-election of a new prime minister within two weeks and the dissolution of the parliament until the martial law is lifted. And he [PM Nikol Pashinyan] will lift the martial law when he needs [it], or [when] the [majority] faction (…) may rebel and not lift the martial law in order to keep the [parliamentary] mandates.

In that case, although the NA will be considered dissolved by virtue of law, it will continue to function until a new NA is formed.

The thing is that the current legislation does not provide for such a regulation for snap elections, and the restriction during martial law applies only in the case of NA regular and local elections.

In fact, My Step is adding the moment of snap [elections]—another trick.