David Harutyunyan: Despite the fact that Article 125 has not yet  entered into force, according to the new Constitution, only the  National Assembly has the right to elect a new president

ArmInfo. Despite the fact that Article 125 of the Constitution of Armenia has not yet entered into force, this does not restrict the right of the National Assembly to  elect the 4th president.

The Minister of Justice David Harutyunyan stated this at a press conference on February 20, commenting on the point of view of a number of experts that the 4th president of Armenia should be elected through direct elections, since the  corresponding article of the Constitution providing for the secondary presidential elections has not yet entered into force .

The Minister noted that transitional articlesfull occupy an important  place in the Constitution, which correct and supplement this or that  article. So, 211 transitional article says: elections of the 4th  President of the Republic must pass in the order established by  Article 125 of the Constitution, not earlier than forty days and not  later than thirty days before the expiration of the powers of the  President of the Republic. "Indeed, 125 articlesfull will come into force  only on March 9, however, the transitional 211 article corrects this  point.Therefore, the election of the 4th president should take place  in the National Assembly of Armenia," the minister explained.

Note that the election of the 4th President of Armenia is scheduled  for early March this year. The ruling Republican Party put forward  the post of RA Ambassador to Great Britain Armen Sargsyan, the  opposition bloc "Elk" intends to make a speech with his candidate -  deputy Artak Zeynalyan. The National Assembly elects the president  for a period of 7 years. The President of the Republic is elected a  candidate who received at least three-fourths of the total number of  deputies in the pen tour. 

If the President of the Republic is not elected in the first round,  then in a ten-day period new elections are held, in this case the  eligibility for election is reduced. Details of the procedure for the  election of the President of the Republic are established by the  Rules of the National Assembly.