Armenia retains parliamentary form of government Minister's statement

Armenia will not switch from the parliamentary to the semi-presidential form of government.

Armenia's Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan made the statement at a briefing following the government session.

He was commenting on the work of the Constitutional Reform Commission, Caliber.Az reports quoting Armenian media.

The commission is now holding public discussions on the chapters of the basic law that relate to the functions of the president and the form of state government.

"At the conceptual level, the Constitutional Reform Commission decided that the current model should be retained, while at a more detailed level, the scope of powers of the prime minister will be discussed at the end of March," Minasyan said.

The minister said that the current Constitutional Reform Commission has already served its term and a new one will be formed soon.

The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Armenia was the first basic law of the independent state. Amendments were made to the basic law in 2005, and 2015 approved by national referenda. Another referendum was scheduled for April 5, 2020, but it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.