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| 13:36:48 | 11-04-2005 | Politics |

THE PARLIAMENT «FAILS» THE EU

The discussion of the draft constitutions was expected to be included in the
agenda of the NA 4-day session. But Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA Standing
Committee on State and Legal Affairs, had his own opinion about the agenda,
according to which the discussion had to be postponed.

The only delegate who was interested in the reason of postponing the
discussion was Karen Karapetyan, head of the grouping «Democratic Delegate».
In answer to his question Rafik Petrosyan mentioned that the Ad-hoc
Committee on Matters of Integration in European Structures has not yet given
his conclusion about the discussions, hence the Standing Committee on State
and Legal Affairs has not discussed the matter either and has not made a
conclusion.

Arthur Baghdasaryan offered to vote for the NA session agenda draft with and
without the draft constitutions and the draft amendments to the Electoral
Code.

The discussion of these most important issues was postponed in the
Parliament with the following distribution of votes: for – 88, against – 1,
abstained from voting – 1.

Manouk Gasparyan reminded that there are only two 4-day sessions left after
which the elections of local governing bodies will take place. «Which
Electoral Code shall we use for the elections; the old one or the new one? »
The rhetoric question of the delegate was never answered.