Generally speaking, I don’t think it’s right for every government to come and write the Constitution the way it sees fit. The second president of Armenia, leader of the opposition "Armenia" Bloc Robert Kocharyan stated about this during his year-end press conference Monday, in response to the question whether he would support the amendments to the Constitution, if it was proposed to make the transition to the system of government that he proposed in 2005, that is, the semi-presidential system.

“First of all, to make constitutional reforms, it is necessary to explain what is wrong with the current Constitution since making constitutional reforms is a serious step. When I was in power, we made constitutional reforms because we believed European integration was important for Armenia. We joined the Council of Europe and had expressed the commitment to make constitutional reforms,” Kocharyan said.

According to him, at the time, it was clear what was unacceptable in the existing Constitution, i.e. the fact that the President could solely dissolve the National Assembly after consulting with the parliamentary speaker and the Prime Minister.

Kocharyan said he supports the semi-presidential system of government. “Yes, I support this system, but I’m against making constitutional reforms this way. In general, I don’t think it’s right for every government to come and write the Constitution the way it sees fit,” he added.

Kocharyan also said no president in Armenia has had so many powers as the Prime Minister does today which, in his opinion, is not normal, and it is safe to redistribute powers.