In his annual report on the activities of the National Assembly, parliament speaker Artur Baghdasarian on 24 November appealed to opposition deputies to abandon their boycott of legislative proceedings. Opposition deputies walked out of the parliament chamber nine months ago to protest the majority\'s refusal to debate a draft constitutional amendment that would have allowed a national referendum on the question of confidence in President Robert Kocharian. Baghdasarian argued that \"real participation\" by the opposition is critical to the ongoing discussions about planned reforms to the electoral code and the constitutional and judicial systems. (RFE/RL)