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Deputy of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Samvel Aleksanyan, aka Lfik Samo, is going to take an active part in campaign of ‘Yes’ Front ahead of the constitutional reform referendum in Armenia. The MP made that announcement himself during a briefing before the extraordinary parliamentary sitting today.

Supporters of the constitutional reform established ‘Yes’ Front made up mostly of members of RPA, while opponents of the constitutional reform in Armenia set up ‘No’ Front that currently includes two camps. The first is ‘New Armenia’ public salvation front established by opposition Heritage party and opposition civic initiative Founding Parliament. The second camp is ‘No’ movement formed by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and People’s Party of Armenia, which already created a joint office for campaigning ahead of the referendum.

“All residents of Malatia-Sebastia administrative district will say yes to the constitutional reform,” S. Aleksanyan said expressing the position of residents of a Yerevan district where he was elected an MP under the majoritarian electoral system.

When asked how he intends to conduct a campaign in favor of the constitutional reform, S. Aleksanyan replied: “Very well”.

He also predicted that all the population of Armenia will endorse the constitutional reform because ‘things cannot turn out differently”.

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.