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Armenia’s Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan does not think that there will be a return from the parliamentary system to the semi-presidential system of government as a result of the constitutional reforms.

“I think the issue of transition to the semi-presidential system will not be discussed," he told reporters on Tuesday.

According to the minister, a committee has been set up to come to a conclusion on what the parliamentary system should be like. “Different politicians have expressed different opinions regarding the super prime minister system. Now it’s time to allow the experts of the commission to expresses their opinion,” he said.

In Badasyan’s words, the demand for constitutional reforms has matured and the issues that need to be addressed have been selected.

"If there is a proposal by the extra-parliamentary opposition, we are ready to discuss it, but now there is no such thing," Badasyan said, adding that, however, the changes will be significant.

According to Badasyan, if the government is able to find out a model that will increase public trust in the judicial system, the constitutional reforms will promote the recovery of the system.

“We have initiated such changes that are going to be put to a referendum. The 1995 constitution was amended in 2005 and 2015, and the 2015 amendments can be considered a disgrace. We are not going to make adjustments to the specific situation. If we get to increase the confidence in the judiciary as much as possible, the constitutional reforms can be implemented,” Badasyan said.