The last time that amendments were made to Armenia’s post-Soviet constitution of 1995, was the 2005 referendum. But on 15 July, Armenia’s Special Presidential Commission on Constitutional Reform published a draft list of further changes. Armenia, it seems, is to become a parliamentary republic, with reduced powers for the president and prime minister.
It was two years ago, on 4 September 2013, when President Serzh Sargsyan first mentioned making changes to the constitution. That is, the day after Sargsyan decided to enter the Customs Union (later transformed into the Eurasian Economic Union), putting an end to the three and a half years of negotiations with Brussels on DCFTA and European integration.
