YEREVAN. – The Armenian Rebirth social and political union, which is an initiative of Chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan of the opposition Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party, will not support the draft constitutional amendments.

The aforementioned was noted at Sunday’s meeting of the governing board of this union.

The board, recording that Armenian Rebirth’s recommendations were partially included in this draft, unanimously reaffirmed that the union does not support the proposed constitutional amendments.

As a result, the Armenian Rebirth social and political union, which comprises around 140 organizations, will function as a separate pole in the ongoing respective processes, and with its own headquarters.

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.