YEREVAN. – Zhoghovurd newspaper of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes: According to Zhoghovurd daily’s information, the issue of amendments to the Electoral Code has become a hot topic of discussion among the NA [National Assembly] My Step [majority] faction MPs. The thing is that the My Step [lawmakers] are divided into two wings on the adoption of the draft code.

The MPs elected by the rating election system from the provinces do their best to go to the elections with the old code, so that the rating election system is not removed from the code, whereas some members of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs are in favor of completely removing the rating election system from the Electoral Code, there be only proportional [representation] elections [in Armenia].

And now this issue has become a cause of disagreements.

Well-informed sources say that RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has not clearly told his [political] team what his final position is on this issue.

Following the announcement on the snap [parliamentary] elections, the [My Step] faction has found itself in a hopeless situation, as they were engaged in settling the issue of amendments to the Electoral Code. Now they are waiting for Pashinyan's word for further steps.

Let us recall that with the [new] Electoral Code, the rating election system should have been changed in the first place. According to Pashinyan, it was due to this system that the former authorities were able to reproduce themselves, as they were using the resources of businessmen, “authorities,” and it was thanks to such people that they were bringing votes, not ideas.

But now, it seems the rating election system is to Pashinyan’s liking, and he also has decided to hold new elections using the tools he rejected himself.