Armenia finally moves to the parliamentary form of government

Armenia finally proceeds to the parliamentary form of government.

On Sunday, the Central Electoral Commission of the country approved the final results of the referendum held on December 6 .

For the constitutional reform project proposed by President Sergey Sargsyan, more than 63 percent of voters voted, against more than 32 percent.

The CEC began consideration of the complaint of the opposition party "Armenian National Congress" (ANC), which demanded to recognize the results of the referendum invalid, announcing massive violations during voting and subsidies when counting votes that significantly influenced the results of the plebiscite. According to the leader of the parliamentary faction of Ank Levona Zurabyan, in fact, amendments to the Constitution supported only a little more than 30 percent of the voted, and the majority - almost 69.7 percent spoke out against.

According to the opposition , the transition to the parliamentary republic is beneficial primarily to President Sargsyan, who will not be able to run for a new term in 2018. Changing the Constitution will allow him to remain in power as a prime minister, who will actually become the first person in the state. The powers of the president will now be significantly cut.

The reform also provides for the complete transition to the formation of parliament according to the proportional multi -party system. The President receives limited representative functions and will not be elected by direct general voting, but by deputies of the parliament. Moreover, he cannot be in any political party.

The highest executive body is the government. The Prime Minister is appointed by the president, but the parliamentary majority nominates the candidacy for this post. The armed forces obey the government, and in the event of a war, the prime minister becomes the supreme commander in chief, while the president is such according to the current constitution.