In response to a question from MP of the ruling My Step faction of the National Assembly Suren Grigoryan during a parliamentary session today, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said the Armenian authorities will ensure citizens’ expression of free will during the referendum for constitutional amendments.

“We need to create conditions to rule out fake news and the hate propaganda. If we want to have a violence-free society, we need to remember that incitement to hatred is the ‘predecessor’ of violence,” Pashinyan said.