President Serzh Sargsyan submitted yesterday, on August 21 draft amendments to the Constitution of Armenia to the National Assembly, the presidential press service said. The draft amendments had been developed by the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President, Panorama.am reports.

Vardan Poghosyan, a member of the Commission, has been appointed as representative of Armenian President for presentation of the draft amendments to the Constitution in the National Assembly of Armenia.

Starting next week, President Sargsyan plans to begin consultations with representatives of political parties regarding the approaches stated in the draft.

The head of state also instructed the Commission on Constitutional Reforms under Armenian President to continue the dialog with the Venice Commission (VC) over those issues indicated in the VC’s preliminary opinion, around which no agreed solutions have been found so far.