Armenian parliament passed a resolution Thursday on holding a referendum in Armenia on the future of Constitutional Court.

A total of 88 MPs voted for the bill, with 15 people against.

Prosperous Armenia party, after a 20-minute break, in the person of MP Mikael Melkumyan, stated it would abstain from voting because it did not want to take political responsibility for the possible consequences of this decision.

According to Article 202 of the Armenian Constitution, if the Armenian parliament does not adopt draft amendments to the Constitution, it can be put to a referendum by a resolution adopted by at least 3/5 of the total number of deputies.

A total of 44 My Step ruling bloc MPs introduced a draft law on amendments to the Constitution of Armenia, according to which the powers of the CC members, elected before April 2018, are suspended.