YEREVAN. – After negotiations, Yerevan police allowed participants in Thursday’s Human Rights Day march in Armenia’s capital city to approach the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) building, and to present their demand: Annulment of the results of the recent referendum on constitutional amendments (PHOTOS).

Subsequently, the event organizers announced that even though the march is over, the struggle will continue.  

The referendum on Armenia’s constitutional amendments was conducted on December 6.

Pursuant to these amendments, 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 these amendments, however, consider them to be primarily the authorities’ attempt to hang on to power.

According to preliminary data by the Central Electoral Commission, a total of 63.35 percent of the voters said “yes” to these amendments, whereas 32.35 percent voted “no” in this plebiscite.