YEREVAN. – Armenia does not need constitutional amendments, but rather a proper application of the current legal acts.

A 52-member group of attorneys have reached this conclusion after studying the proposed draft constitutional amendments of the country.

Attorneys Lusine Sahakyan, Yervand Varosyan, and Gevorg Gyozalyan noted, at a press conference on Wednesday, that the aforementioned draft poses a serious threat in terms of system of governance and human rights.

“All this change is aimed at passing to a system of governance, especially to a parliamentary system of governance,” said Gyozalyan. “Under such conditions, it is very possible that Armenia would go to single-party governance, which would be disastrous for Armenia.”

Sahakyan, in turn, noted that the draft constitutional amendments are a serious setback from the viewpoint of human rights.

“It seems to be an innocent change, but it will cause very serious problems,” said the attorney, and added that “No” should be said to this draft.

And Varosyan, for his part, assured that there is no need for constitutional amendments in Armenia.

“There are major perils [in them] in both the governance and the human rights section,” said the attorney. “[Accordingly,] we will transfer the judicial system to one [political] party.”

The National Assembly on Monday voted on and passed by a vast majority the decision on agreeing to hold a referendum on the draft amendments to the Constitution.

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