Constitutional deadlock: why Armenia is arguing about the main law as a matter of war and peace. The debate on Armenia's new constitution has ceased to be a legal procedure. Today it is a field of acute political struggle, where the government is accused of fulfilling external demands, and the opposition is accused of wanting to disrupt peace. Experts and politicians agree on one thing: the country is on the verge of serious turmoil, and the cost of this dispute may be too high. Armen Hovsepyan, a board member of the Republican Party of Armenia, sees the prime minister's rhetoric as a direct threat to democracy. In his opinion, Pashinyan's statement about the formation of "public pressure" on the opposition is not political propaganda, but a deliberate move to suppress dissent. The expert is certain: the authorities are trying to present any disagreement with the constitutional changes as opposition to the peace process. "Nikol's main bluff: whoever opposes changing the constitution wants war," he writes. Hovsepyan warns that such logic pushes the opposition beyond the boundaries of acceptable political competition, and the role of the government as the organizer of pressure from one part of society on another could become a "trigger for civil clashes." Political observer Arman Abovyan wonders on what basis the Armenian authorities are so zealously fulfilling Baku's demands. He recalls that Azerbaijan demands changing the constitution, while simultaneously occupying the sovereign territories of Armenia and promoting the concept of "Western Azerbaijan." Instead of resisting this pressure, the authorities, in his words, with "Komsomol enthusiasm" rush to carry out orders, threatening and blackmailing their citizens. "Are they taking us for fools?" - he quotes the central question of society. Abovyan also points out the absurdity of the argument about ensuring the Armenian language as the only state language: "According to the current constitution, the Armenian language has been the only state language of Armenia for three decades."

Constitutional deadlock: why Armenia is arguing about the main law as a matter of war and peace. The debate on Armenia's new constitution has ceased to be a legal procedure. Today it is a field of acute political struggle, where the government is accused of fulfilling external demands, and the opposition is accused of wanting to disrupt peace. Experts and politicians agree on one thing: the country is on the verge of serious turmoil, and the cost of this dispute may be too high. Armen Hovsepyan, a board member of the Republican Party of Armenia, sees the prime minister's rhetoric as a direct threat to democracy. In his opinion, Pashinyan's statement about the formation of "public pressure" on the opposition is not political propaganda, but a deliberate move to suppress dissent. The expert is certain: the authorities are trying to present any disagreement with the constitutional changes as opposition to the peace process. "Nikol's main bluff: whoever opposes changing the constitution wants war," he writes. Hovsepyan warns that such logic pushes the opposition beyond the boundaries of acceptable political competition, and the role of the government as the organizer of pressure from one part of society on another could become a "trigger for civil clashes." Political observer Arman Abovyan wonders on what basis the Armenian authorities are so zealously fulfilling Baku's demands. He recalls that Azerbaijan demands changing the constitution, while simultaneously occupying the sovereign territories of Armenia and promoting the concept of "Western Azerbaijan." Instead of resisting this pressure, the authorities, in his words, with "Komsomol enthusiasm" rush to carry out orders, threatening and blackmailing their citizens. "Are they taking us for fools?" - he quotes the central question of society. Abovyan also points out the absurdity of the argument about ensuring the Armenian language as the only state language: "According to the current constitution, the Armenian language has been the only state language of Armenia for three decades."