ArmInfo.ARFD does not participate in the collection of signatures for an extraordinary meeting of the parliament, at which the draft reform of the Electoral Code will be considered, since it is not a co-sponsor of this document and because its proposals were not included in the draft. The head of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" faction Armen Rustamyan stated this in an interview with journalists.
"We very clearly stated that we offer an open proportional system. And we do not understand why this proposal was not accepted. All the arguments are groundless and illogical. Proportional elections with open lists are democratic. In fact, a person chooses not only a list, but candidates as well," - Rustamyan stressed.
The remaining proposals of the ARFD concerned the maximum threshold for the representation of a political force, which should not exceed 2/3 of the mandates so that no political force could make solely important decisions.
Nevertheless, the head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun faction noted that both yesterday and Monday they would vote for the changes in the EC, but they would not act as co-sponsors of the project. "No one can force us, without discussing with us, to become a part of something in which we did not participate. Dashnaktsutyun is not the party," Rustamyan stressed.