President Serzh Sarkisian has yet to drum up strong multi-partisan support for his controversial plans to amend Armenia's constitution, a leading member of his Republican Party (HHK) admitted on Friday.
Sarkisian and the HHK have repeatedly stressed the importance of a "broad-based political consolidation" for the success of the planned constitutional reform. Sarkisian met with leaders of virtually all major Armenian opposition parties for that purpose in March. He urged them to submit proposals to a presidential commission tasked with drafting amendments to the constitution.
Only two of the five opposition parties represented in the National Assembly proposed concrete changes to the commission afterwards. One of them, Orinats Yerkir, made clear that it is against Armenia's transformation into a parliamentary republic, which seems to be favored by Sarkisian.
Armenian News
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