YEREVAN. – Passing to a 100-percent proportional election system is inexpedient at this phase, the ruling coalition’s Republican Party of Armenia MP Hovhannes Sahakyan stated during a press conference on Tuesday.

The MP recalled that this matter needs a two-sided observation: juridical and political. In the first case, a change in the election system demands legislative and constitutional changes. And concerning the political aspect of the matter, as per Sahakyan, the opposition’s arguments that the majority election system contributes to the “appearance” of merchants in the parliament, these arguments are not sufficiently justified for a change in the election system.         

Hovhannes Sahakyan also underscored that the issue is not the system, but rather how the election tools are being used.