Yerevan/Mediamax/. Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan stated that “the country faces no urgent issue the solution of which is impeded by the current Constitution”.

Robert Kocharyan stated it commenting on the constitutional reform initiated by the Armenian President in an interview published on 2rd.am website today.

“The initiative of the reform comes from solely the authorities; the provided explanations sound unconvincing and are extremely vague, and therefore the society started doubting the true purposes of the offered amendments”, said the Former Armenian President.

“What is offered is a drastic change in the country’s public administration model and we need unequivocal guarantees that the reform is not aimed at meeting the interests of the ruling elite and won’t serve an instrument for its reproduction. Any change in the Constitution under the current purposes of politicians are a sign of the country’s political degradation”, said Robert Kocharyan.

One of the goals of the constitutional reform is said to be the restriction on the right for holding the office for more than two terms and commenting on it the Former President said:

“There is no need to alter the Constitution for that purpose, especially when, as it was revealed, the President himself does not approve of the amendments proposed by the commission. What needs to be done is to remove the word “consecutive” from Article 50 of current Constitution. Just one word. However, such amendment will not have any retroactive effect, which means it won’t have any impact on the current political landscape”.