"People". The signature collection to go to the European Union does not record the desired results. numbers

"Zhoghovurd" daily writes: "The extra-parliamentary forces holding a referendum on the European Union membership, which have been collecting signatures since September 16, are not satisfied with the results.

"Zhoghovurd" daily learned from the initiators that 2/3 of the required 50,000 signatures have been collected so far, that is, about 33,000, while expectations were higher. If we take into account that the collection of signatures is held not only in Yerevan, but also in other cities of the Republic of Armenia, the numbers of collected signatures are, to put it mildly, not promising. And if we also take into account that after being rejected in the National Assembly, it will be necessary to collect about 300 thousand signatures with the same team, then it is a serious problem.

In order to bring the bill on "Starting the process of Armenia's accession to the European Union" to the parliament, the initiating political forces must collect 50,000 signatures by November 14. If the draft of the extra-parliamentary forces reaches the National Assembly and is rejected, then the draft will be put to a referendum in the second stage, but this time 300 thousand citizens must sign the same demand in 60 days.

By the way, the scenario of rejection in the parliament is very likely, because Nikol Pashinyan has already openly stated that he does not see the need to hold a referendum on the issue of joining the European Union, because he "knows the opinion of the people". During a closed meeting with his teammates, he also strictly instructed that a referendum on EU membership cannot be held in Armenia."