Dr. Armen Sarkissian tours the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies (photo by Mkhitar Khachatryan)
YEREVAN—Dr. Armen Sarkissian, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s candidate for president, had a busy day Wednesday visiting among other places Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Yerevan State University and Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in a bid to fulfill his pledge of meeting with a cross section of Armenia society prior to accepting the nomination.
Sarkissian opted to explain his decision to not immediately accept the nomination by outlining his desire to meet with the people and key stakeholders in the country, adding that the new constitution will usher in a new era that will have a lasting impact on the country.
“After April, regardless of who becomes President, we will enter a new period where after the experience of the past 26 years, when the country was governed by a presidential, and then semi-presidential systems, we will transition to a parliamentary system, which significantly differs from the previous ones,â€
