Arayik Harutyunyan is more optimistic than the Prime Minister about  the adoption of a new Constitution

ArmInfo. Arayik Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Armenia, is not as pessimistic as the Prime Minister about holding a referendum and adopting a new Constitution. He  made this statement at a briefing  with journalists at the office of the ruling "Civil Contract" party on March 27.

The previous day, Prime Minister Pashinyan announced at a government  briefing that a referendum on constitutional amendments would be held  as many times as necessary to fully approve the new Constitution. He  noted that the ruling party is prepared to conduct public outreach if  the referendum fails.  "We will go to our people, convince them,  explain, and hold another referendum. I don't see any problems here,"  Pashinyan said. The Prime Minister expressed confidence that an  honest dialogue with citizens would lead to understanding. "Because  we represent our people. We are not representatives of an empire, so  that what we say would be incomprehensible to the people," he  emphasized. Earlier, Pashinyan also complained that it seemed as if  the new text of the Constitution would only be adopted by the  government and the National Assembly. "We can only approve the draft,  but whether it becomes the Constitution will be decided by the  people," the Prime Minister said.

Meanwhile, Arayik Harutyunyan is confident that the Prime Minister  and his political team will be able to communicate to the public  during the campaign, explain it, and reach a unified position on the  importance of the referendum and its adoption.

"I think we should stick to Plan A, and there will be no problems. In  my opinion, these processes, this pre- election phase, and our  contacts with citizens show that Plan B is feasible. And, in all  likelihood, we will go follow this option," the Chief of Staff of the  Prime Minister of Armenia stated.