YEREVAN. – The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and People’s Party of Armenia (PPA) will form a joint headquarters to say “no” to the proposed constitutional amendments.

The ANC Board meeting was convened on Saturday.

And considering the political agreement reached with the PPA and the need to combine the resources of these two political forces ahead of the forthcoming constitutional referendum, the ANC Board agreed to set up an ANC-PPA joint “No” headquarters.

The structure and composition of this headquarters will be announced in the coming days.

The ANC Board meeting also discussed the carrying out of a “no” campaign among the society, and against the proposed constitutional amendments.

On October 5, the National Assembly passed, and by a vast majority of votes, 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, and conduct completely proportional parliamentary elections.

The opponents of the proposed constitutional amendments, however, consider these amendments to be the authorities’ attempt to hang on to power.

The President has set December 6 as Referendum Day.