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YEREVAN. – The current Constitution is direct threat to Armenia’s security.

MP Samvel Farmanyan of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which supports the constitutional amendments, expressed such a view at Tuesday’s talk in Haghpat village in the Lori Province.

He noted this within the framework of the ongoing TV program devoted to the proposed constitutional amendments, ahead of the forthcoming respective referendum.

“Chaos may develop here,” Farmanyan added.

In the RPA MP’s words, this is why they are proposing a parliamentary government system, thanks to which duties of the Commander-in-Chief of Armenia’s army will be placed on the Prime Minister, instead of the President.

The referendum on Armenia’s draft constitutional amendments is slated for December 6.

Pursuant to the new draft Constitution, the country will make a transition from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system of governance, and conduct completely proportional parliamentary elections.

The opponents of the proposed constitutional amendments, however, consider them to be primarily the authorities’ attempt to hang on to power.

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