Interfax, Russia
March 14 2015

President backs Armenia’s switch to parliamentary form of government

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday supported a strategy of
constitutional reforms which aims to accomplish a switch to the
parliamentary form of government, the presidential press service told
Interfax.

The strategy was proposed by a special commission for constitutional
reform, the press service said.

The president instructed the commission to start discussions with
political parties and to provide a report on the proposals and
recommendations to be made.

The constitutional reform is to be implemented via a referendum. No
information was provided on the date of the referendum.