Minister: Parliamentary form of government to be preserved in Armenia

ArmInfo.The parliamentary form of government in Armenia will be preserved. On March 2, RA Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan stated this in an interview with journalists.

According to him, the Council of Constitutional Reforms, etablished  to reform the country's Basic Law, decided to maintain the current  model of public administration. The scope of powers of the Prime  Minister, representatives of the executive branch and other  government bodies is planned to be discussed at the end of March.

The minister noted that the process of constitutional reforms is  proceeding normally, in addition to meetings of the Council for  Constitutional Reforms, public discussions are also held. "Some  conceptual provisions have already been outlined, these are  provisions regarding the chapter of the Constitution associated with  the president. The decision to preserve and improve the form of state  government has already been taken by the council. At this stage, we  are forming a new commission. The previous commission exercised its  powers during the corresponding period. Next week new candidates will  be elected," Minasyan said, adding that he intended to briefly  present to the public those parts of the Constitution on which the  Council had already voted.

It should be noted that the Council for Constitutional Reforms was  established by the decision of the Prime Minister on January 27,  2022.