ArmInfo.Armenia is at the threshold of consolidated high-handed regime capsulation. This is stated in the annual report of international right protection organization of Freedom House, dedicated to the democracy in the countries of transitional period. Entitled as "Nations in Transit 2017: The False Promise of Populism"
According to the report, Armenia is close to the line dividing the democratic regime from that consolidated authoritarian one. At the same time, according to the statement of organization, Armenia keeps the necessary quote of political pluralism, which prevents the total power of any separate person or a group of that. In the Report Armenia appears as the only country represented as semi-consolidated authoritarian regime, while Belarus, Russia and Azerbaijan are characterized as consolidated authoritarian regimes.
Due to the report, Armenia worsened the democracy indicators - getting to 5, 39 balls from 5, 36 ( the democracy in the country is estimated at 1-7 balls, where 1 is the most democratic, and 7 in the less. In neighbor Georgia the level of democracy remained the same - 4.61 balls. The estimation of democracy in Azerbaijan decreased from 6.86 to 6.93, in Russia - from 6.50 to 6.57 It is already 21st year that The nations In Transit report is being published, studying the situation with democracy in 29 post communist countries of former Soviet Union. The current report studies the situation for the period of January 1- December 31, 2016.
On April 2, parliamentary elections were held in Armenia, with five political parties and 4 blocs participating in. The elections was first after Constitutional reforms of 2015, assuming transition to the parliamentary model of administration. Four political forces entered the new Parliament - RPA, Tsaroukyan bloc, Dshnaktsutyun and Yelq bloc.