“Heritage” and ARF-D offered bill on 100% proportional electoral system.

On Jan. 12 the parliamentary factions of the "Heritage" and "Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun put a package of draft laws on making amendments in the "Electoral Code", "The National Assembly Rules and Regulations: On the Constitutional Court" into circulation through a joint legislative initiative.

According to the package, the factions suggest making the transition from the current mixed electoral order of the National Assembly to the 100 percent proportional electoral order.

On 27 December 2011, the two oppositionist parties in parliament issued a joint statement and proposed to eliminate the majoritarian order and make the transition to the 100 percent proportional order. The proposal was defended and welcomed by the Armenian National Congress, the "Free Democrats", "Turning Point" and People's Party, the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar), the National Democratic Party, the Socialist Labor Party of Armenia, the United Labor Party, the Democratic Party of Armenia, as well as numerous civil and political groups and intellectuals.

On 4 August 2010, ahead of the modification of the Electoral Code, the ARF-D and "Heritage" had made 10 proposals for the provisions subject to change, including the proposal to make the transition to the proportional order. The proposals were sent to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) for an expert opinion.

We remind that among the proposals presented by the two parties, the proposal for moving to the proportional order was also presented during the discussion on the new Electoral Code adopted on May 26, 2011.