YEREVAN. – Members of the President-affiliated Specialized Committee on Constitutional Reforms, Hrayr Tovmasyan and Vardan Poghosyan, have commenced talks with representatives of the National Assembly (NA) factions.

The committee members on Monday met with MPs of the opposition Heritage and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun NA Factions.

The secretary of Heritage’s faction, Tevan Poghosyan, told Armenian News-NEWS.am that they had discussed the proposed constitutional reform.

Last week, the specialized committee members had met with members of the ruling Republican Party.

These talks are expected to be completed by Friday, since parliamentary hearings on the new draft Constitution are slated for that day.

Separately, most political forces—except for the Heritage and opposition Armenian National Congress NA Factions—have already met with the President along the lines of his talks regarding the proposed constitutional reform in the country.

The new draft Constitution of Armenia has been forwarded to the NA. The respective parliamentary debates are expected to get underway during its first four-day fall session. And as per the NA speaker, the constitutional referendum should be conducted in late fall.

Pursuant to the new draft Constitution, Armenia will make a transition from a presidential to a parliamentary system of governance.