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“Time will show that the step we are taking today is a move in the right direction. I think it is a 100% right step,” MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), General Seyran Saroyan said during a briefing in the Armenian parliament today when speaking about the constitutional reform process in Armenia.
As regards the claims about possible falsification of results of the constitutional referendum due in Armenia on December 6, S. Saroyan ruled out the possibility of vote rigging. The people of Armenia will be free to make their choice, he said.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on August 21 sent the draft constitutional amendments to the country’s parliament. The draft was developed by the Special Commission on Constitutional Reforms adjunct to Armenian President. Following the debates, the Armenian parliament adopted on October 5 the draft decision of the National Assembly on its consent for the document to be put to a referendum. The decision was passed by a majority of the votes: 104 MPs voted in favor, 10 against, with 3 abstentions. The draft was supported by the factions of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), and opposition ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP). Opposition factions ‘Heritage’ and ‘Armenian National Congress (ANC), and 2 MPs of opposition faction ‘Orinats Yerkir’ voted against. The Armenian president set December 6, 2015 as the date for the constitutional referendum. The campaign for the constitutional reform in Armenia began on October 10 and will end at midnight of December 4.