YEREVAN. – Head of the opposition Armenian National Congress National Assembly (ANC NA) Faction, Levon Zurabyan, wants to know whether members of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) know the real objective behind the Armenian authorities’ making amendments to the Constitution of Armenia.  

The ANC NA leader, at Tuesday’s talk with the Venice Commission members in capital city Yerevan, stressed yet again that the ANC is against the proposed constitutional reform, since the ruling Republican Party of Armenia is carrying it out so as not to lose power.

“In case of a change in the system of governance [in Armenia], the NA President chooses the Prime Minister; there is no such thing in any country that has a parliamentary system [of governance],” said Zurabyan and asked: “Is the change in the system [of governance in the country] being done for the [ruling] regime?”

The Venice Commission members, in turn, noted that they are not authorized to respond to political questions, and that they can solely express their views on the Constitutional reform.

The Venice commission members’ talks with the political forces of Armenia are in progress at Yerevan State University. The representatives of all parliamentary factions are in attendance to this event.