YEREVAN — Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan has signed a decree scheduling the next regular elections to the National Assembly for June 7.

The decree was published on the official website of the President of Armenia and will enter into force the day following its official publication.

According to Article 91, Part 1 of the Constitution—cited in the decree—regular parliamentary elections are held no earlier than 60 days and no later than 50 days before the expiration of the National Assembly’s term of office. Article 93 stipulates that both regular and extraordinary parliamentary elections are called by the President of the Republic.

In addition, Article 103, Part 2 of the Electoral Code (a constitutional law), also referenced in the decree, states that “the President of the Republic shall issue a decree calling regular elections to the National Assembly no later than 90 days before the voting day.”

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