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JUSTICE MINISTRY THREATENS TO START DISSOLUTION CASES AGAINST PARTIES

YEREVAN, JUNE 21, ARMENPRESS: Armenian justice ministry has warned today
57 officially registered parties it will ask local courts to open
dissolution cases against them if they fail to meet a requirement of the
amended law on political parties under which they have to present until
August 7 complete information about the number of party members and their
regional chapters.
The amended law requires that each of the 67 political parties shall have
at least 2000 members and each of their regional chapters 100 members.
Gurgen Sarkisian, head of a justice ministry state registry said so far only
13 parties, mainly opposition, have presented the required information He
also said 37 parties have failed to meet a March 31 deadline for presenting
financial reports.