YEREVAN. – The Prosecutor General of Armenia, Gevorg Kostanyan, on Friday met with US Ambassador Richard Mills.

They discussed the avenues for increasing public trust toward the results of the recent referendum on constitutional amendments in the country. 

Kostanyan told reporters that he and the ambassador noted that the investigations, which are launched into the criminal cases on voting fraud, need to be very open so that there will no doubts among the public.

Nonetheless, the attorney general stated that he has no reason at this time to question the legitimacy of the plebiscite results.

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.