The Armenian National Assembly of Armenia passed in the first reading Thursday the bill on making amendments to the Electoral Code of the Country.
The legislation was adopted by 81 votes in favor and no against votes. 23 lawmakers didn’t participate in the vote. The speaker of the parliament Ararat Mirzoyan informed that the bill will be debated in the second reading in 5-6 hours. The legislative changes propose switching to the proportional system, removing the current mixed system that allowed lawmakers to be elected via a combination between the proportional and the so-called rating-based system.
The initiative comes just three months before the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for June.
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