According to point 2 of part 14 of Article 17 of the Constitutional Law “On referendum”, employees of state institutions or organizations, community institutions or organizations, employees of organizations of state or local self-government bodies with 20 percent or more participation in statutory capital, while performing their duties or acting ex officio. This is what one of the initiators of the NO campaign headquarters for the constitutional amendments referendum, human rights activist Arsen Babayan wrote on his Facebook page.

“I notice that representatives of the staffs of regional governors, the Government and the National Assembly are violating this rule and are expressing themselves by advocating YES to the Referendum in their profile pictures on Facebook,” Arsen Babayan wrote.