At a parliamentary hearing on full shift to proportional electoral system, deputy chairman of Heritage party Ruben Hakobyan called attention to passivity of MPs elected through majority system, noting that 29 out of 41 majority MPs in 2007 never addressed the parliament.
According to Mr. Hakobyan, there is an agreement reached between authorities and MPs elected through majority system speculating provision of all conditions for the latter by authorities and turning a blind eye to violations. Meanwhile MPs are set to secure certain percentage of votes for the party during elections by proportional system.
Heritage member further refuted accusations as to constitutional contradictions regarding the full shift to proportional system, whilst urging to benefit from the expertise of such democratic countries as Sweden and Denmark with exceptionally proportional electoral system.
On December 27, Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun opposition parties issued a joint statement urging for a full shift to proportional electoral system.
On January 26, Prosperous Armenia coalition party jointly with Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun opposition parties requested parliament speaker Samvel Nikoyan and the chairman of NA standing committee on state and legal affairs David Harutyunyan to organize parliamentary hearings on full shift to proportional electoral system.
