Armenia provides for full transition to a proportional electoral  system

ArmInfo.The commission under the Prime Minister on introducing amendments to the Electoral Code at the second meeting made important decisions on the transition to a new electoral system. Changes will also affect the threshold for the  passage of parties and blocs to parliament.

As the first deputy premier Ararat Mirzoyan said at the meeting with  journalists, the commission established that the electoral system  should be completely proportional, with closed lists. According to  him, at the moment it is impossible to implement the normal  application of the rating system in Armenia. The threshold for  passage to parliament will be reduced by 1% for parties and blocs.  According to the current Electoral Code is 5% for parties and 7% for  party blocs.

Meanwhile, we note that in parallel with the government commission on  reforms of the EC there is also a parliamentary one with the  participation of all forces of the National Assembly. This commission  tends to maintain the rating system of voting when it is modernized.