YEREVAN. – The voters’ lists in Armenia include those who have emigrated from the country.

The executive director of Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center office in Armenia, Varuzhan Hoktanyan stated the aforesaid at Friday’s discussion on the forthcoming constitutional referendum in the country.

In his words, the organization has launched an online monitoring mechanism, which will be used in the upcoming plebiscite. 

Hoktanyan showed the population and voters’ dynamics in Armenia from 2013 to 2015, and noted: “One can see how much the population has reduced, whereas the number of voters has increased [in the country].”

The referendum on Armenia’s draft constitutional amendments is slated for December 6.

Pursuant to the new draft Constitution, the country 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 them to be primarily the authorities’ attempt to hang on to power.