Pursuant to the new Constitution of Armenia, the people will no longer have a chance to elect.

Opposition Freedom Party Chairman, former PM, and Armenian National Congress National Assembly Faction member Hrant Bagratyan, who represents the “No” front to the constitutional amendments, stated the aforementioned speaking with residents of Yeghegnut village in the Armavir Province.

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

“Under the new Constitution, you will no longer elect the President, the village mayor,” he said. “[But] any governmental body shall have two mandates.”

In the ex-PM’s words, the ruling political party is implementing constitutional amendments, since it fears it cannot win in the next parliamentary and presidential elections. 

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.