YEREVAN.- The plurality voting system is a major obstacle to fair elections, said MP from ARF Dashnaktsutyun Armen Rustamyan.

Armenia’s parliamentary opposition Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties, and the non-parliamentary opposition bloc Armenian National Congress held a rally near the Parliament on Tuesday.

“The National Assembly will start debates on completely proportional election system in Armenia,” Rustamyan said addressing the demonstrators.  

“The plurality voting system is a major obstacle, we will try to put the initiative to the vote for the last time,” he emphasized.

According to him, the shifting to completely proportional election system is the first step to make society trust the authorities. “The authorities are simply afraid of losing power,” he stressed.