YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Electoral Code—which has not yet been publicized—is of major importance for the first Human Rights Defender of the country, “Against Legal Arbitrariness” NGO Executive Director, and public activist Larisa Alaverdyan.

Alaverdyan, at a press conference on Tuesday, noted that at least the Electoral Code should have been debated in advance.

“They say proportional voting system, but this is very little to comprehend what this system really represents,” she said. “They are offering us something that will be very difficult to understand; it’s a very complicated system.”

Alaverdyan, just like numerous specialists, is also surprised by the provision of the draft Constitution, pursuant to which the minimum number of MPs shall be 101. According to the speaker, it should be clearly specified what the National Assembly elections will represent, and what a “stable [parliamentary] majority means.

“Haste is unacceptable to me,” added Larisa Alaverdyan. “Everything needs to be discussed in detail.”

Chapters 1 through 7 of the new draft Constitution of Armenia were made public on July 15. Accordingly, the country will make a transition from a semi-presidential to a parliamentary system of governance.