Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Wednesday that his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party will avoid any further dialogue with President Serzh Sarkisian on his controversial plans to make sweeping changes in Armenia's constitution.
Hovannisian said that although Zharangutyun stands for the parliamentary system of governance it believes that Sarkisian "lacks the legitimacy" to expedite such a transition as part of the planned constitutional reform. He also argued that the Armenian authorities will not accept a number of specific conditions set by the opposition party.
Those include the conduct of snap parliamentary elections immediately after a referendum on the constitutional amendments. Zharangutyun wants those elections to be held only on a party-list basis, something which Armenian opposition forces say would reduce the likelihood of vote rigging. It is also demanding other anti-fraud safeguards that were rejected by the Sarkisian administration until now.
Armenian News
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