YEREVAN. – The regular four-day session of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia got underway on Monday.

The proposed constitutional reform is expected to be put to a vote during this session.

According to predictions, the majority of the MPs will cast their ballots in favor of this new draft Constitution.

The ruling Republican Party as well as the opposition Prosperous Armenia and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun NA Factions have expressed readiness to support the constitutional reform.

The opposition Armenian National Congress and the Heritage parliamentary factions, on the other hand, strongly disagree with this draft, and consider it the authorities’ attempt to hang on to power.

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