There will be no major changes in the composition of the new government of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced during a press briefing Thursday.

Pashinyan did not specify what changes are expected, and only noted that the ruling Civil Contract party will form the new government on its own, but the ruling force will not turn down cooperation proposals.

In response to a question about the use of administrative resources, Pashinyan said that there have never been such electoral processes in Armenia before, during which the head of state traveled around and communicated with voters so much.

“If we [i.e. the incumbent Armenian authorities] had relied on administrative resources, what was the point of wasting so much energy [in campaigning]? I rely on the citizen of Armenia and I conduct a dialogue with him. There are no, there have not been, and there will not be other tools,” said Pashinyan.

Also, he stated that there is a public demand to establish a voting quota according to the place of residence—meaning permanent residence, and that there must be a response to this demand. This refers to the alleged voting of Armenian citizens living in Russia in the past elections. It is these same citizens who actively had supported Pashinyan in 2018.

Addressing criticism of his declaring the ruling party's victory before the official data from the Central Electoral Commission of Armenia, Pashinyan noted that he had relied on opinion polls and the results already received from a number of polling stations at that time.

And in response to a question regarding the fate of Armenia’s constitutional referendum, the premier stated that the topic is subject to discussion, and the decision in that regard will be made later.