FILE PHOTO - Armenia's President Serzh Sarksyan casts his ballot during a parliamentary election at a poling station in Yerevan, Armenia, April 2, 2017. Davit Hakobyan/PAN Photo/Handout via REUTERS
YEREVAN (Reuters) - Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan on Friday proposed the country's ambassador in Britain to run to succeed him in a March election, a move critics said could allow him to continue wielding ultimate power after a constitutional change.
The Armenian presidency will lose much of its powers after the election under constitutional amendments approved in a 2015 referendum, with the prime minister and parliament taking on more responsibilities and influence in the ex-Soviet republic.
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