“Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan lost the confidence of a greater part of the Armenian Diaspora due to failure of Armenia-Turkey rapprochement. He is making an attempt to make good terms with representatives of the Armenian Diaspora by adopting a bicameral parliamentary system. He is even ready to allow diaspora representatives to participate in the state governance of Armenia,” Chairman of New Times Party Aram Karapetyan told reporters on Friday.

 “This is in fact a populist step. I strongly oppose this populism, if domestic issues are on the agenda,” Karapetyan said.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during a recent meeting with representatives of the Armenian community in California, Armenian Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan spoke of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s intention to make amendments to the Constitution and turn the country’s national assembly into a bicameral parliament. It will grant Diaspora representatives an opportunity to become members of the Upper Chamber and participate in state governance in Armenia.