YEREVAN. - Past daily of Armenia writes: According to Past newspaper, the start of the NA spring session will be quite hot and heated.

This will be first and foremost due to the ratification process of the Istanbul Convention (…).

According to our source, [the respective] parliamentary hearings will probably take place during the last week of January (...).

The paper also has information that despite serious internal disagreements on this issue, the ruling faction will be able to ratify the convention at all costs, as there is a clear political decision no matter how much the majority of the public has a very negative attitude toward the convention.