Armenian president endorses concept of constitutional reforms
Armenian president endorses concept of constitutional reforms –
Armenianow – Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday formally endorsed the concept of constitutional amendments submitted by the special commission on constitutional reforms.
Under the president’s decision, the special commission will organize discussions with political parties regarding the implementation of the approaches stipulated in the concept of the constitutional reforms and will sum up the comments and suggestions of the parties, the presidential press service said.
According to the proposed amendments, Armenia will turn from the current semi-presidential into a parliamentary republic.
To be adopted the constitutional amendments will have to go through a nationwide referendum.
A senior member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia said earlier this month that such a referendum could be held as early as next fall or early 2016.