Hraparak daily of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: Yesterday, [the opposition] Strong Armenia [party] discussed for a long time whether to publicly respond to [PM Nikol] Pashinyan’s statement that if they fail to convince the opposition on the issue of a new constitution, they will go to a snap [parliamentary election], or, nevertheless, to evade it until the issue is on the agenda.
Let us recall that a response was given to Pashinyan’s statement by the lips of the secretary of the “strong one’s” faction [in parliament] that Strong Armenia is not going to support a referendum on a new constitution, that the party is against changing the [Armenian] Constitution “at [Azerbaijani President Ilham] Aliyev’s demand” and is ready for snap [parliamentary] elections.
During the discussions, the oppositionists assumed that a sharp response could lead to undesirable consequences, and Pashinyan could again use repressive tools against them, but they came to the conclusion that one cannot not respond to the challenge made.
They are sure that Pashinyan is preparing for a [constitutional] referendum because he can no longer resist Aliyev's pressure. In general, we have entered a phase when Pashinyan is being pressured from all sides: Russia—on the EU-EAEU dilemma, the West—on breaking away from the RF [i.e. the Russian Federation], Aliyev—on the enclaves, the constitution topic.