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Aleksanyan: if opposition forms a 'No' campaign, referendum will happen

Politics. Photo: Elina Ishkhanyan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Elina Ishkhanyan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

National Assembly Vice Speaker Vahagn Aleksanyan told journalists on November 11 that if the opposition is forming a "No" campaign headquarters against the new Constitution, then a referendum will take place. According to him, the opposition had repeatedly said it would not vote in favor of the referendum. As an example, he noted that in Yeghegnadzor a representative of Strong Armenia voted for Davit Harutyunyan, the Republic Party candidate, who was elected community head.

Coverage timeline

First to report: Mediahub15:10Opposition

Pro-government 2 / 6 First: Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes), 1 h 38 min later
Balanced 2 / 14 First: Aravot, 2 h 13 min later
Opposition 6 / 21 First: Mediahub, 15:10
Timeline as a list
  1. Mediahub (Opposition)
  2. 24news.am (Opposition)
  3. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  4. Tert.am (Opposition)
  5. News.am (Opposition)
  6. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  7. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  8. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  9. Aravot (Balanced)
  10. Ararat News (Balanced)

All sources

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