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YEREVAN. – The President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, on Friday received Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan.

Sargsyan met with Kostanyan in connection with the powers of the Prosecutor General’s Office in the forthcoming referendum on constitutional amendments.

The Press Office of the President informed Armenian News-NEWS.am that the attorney general reported to the President that the Prosecutor General’s Office has set up a working group to appropriately respond to each and every report on any unlawful interference within the framework of the referendum process.

The President, for his part, noted that to ensure the normal process of the referendum, the attorney general’s office needs to rapidly respond to any unlawful interference in the exercising of the people’s right to vote, and to appropriately oversee the legitimacy of the entire process of exercising this right.

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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