YEREVAN. – Today, the Constitution is not being reformed, but being changed in Armenia.

Attorney Tigran Sargsyan, who has joined the “No to Constitutional Amendments” initiative group, stated the aforementioned at a press conference on Tuesday.

In his words, we need to have a stable country to be able to carry out reforms.

“The Constitution is a national program,” said the attorney. “If we constantly change our program, we will not have reform.”

In Sargsyan’s words, their initiative demands that the new draft Constitution be removed from the agenda, the President-affiliated Specialized Committee on Constitutional Reforms be dissolved, and a national accord commission on constitutional reforms be set up—and which will comprise the authorities, initiative groups, and opposition forces.

The “No to Constitutional Amendments” initiative has planned to hold a public discussion Thursday at Liberty Square, in capital city Yerevan.

The new draft Constitution of Armenia has been forwarded to the National Assembly (NA). The respective parliamentary debates will get underway on September 15. And as per the NA speaker, the constitutional referendum should be conducted in late fall.

Pursuant to the new draft Constitution, Armenia will make a transition from a presidential to a parliamentary system of governance.