BILL ON LOBBYING DISCUSSED AT SEMINAR TODAY
YEREVAN, JULY 26. ARMINFO. A bill on lobbying was discussed at a
seminar at Tekeyan Center today.
The authors of the bill Ashot Yegiazaryan, Mekhak Apresyan and Karo
Haroutyunyuan told the seminar participants about the international
experience in drafting lobbying legislation, using lobbying to fight
corruption and ensuring public awareness of this type of activity.
UNDP Coordinator Vahan Asatryan says that the key task for lobbying
legislative regulation is to ensure equal conditions for public and
business interest protection by introducing more transparent and
ffective official mechanisms.
Armenia’s Deputy Justice Minister Ashot Abovyan says that the bill
was drafted June 30 2005 with the support of UNDP. THe objective of
the seminar was to eliminate possible moot points in the document.
The bill has already been submitted to the Armenian government and
will later be sent to the parliament where there is a similar bill by
ARF Dashnaktsoutyun. One more bill is being drafted by United Labor
Party – so we hope that as a result of discussions we will manage to
draft a single version of the bill, says Abovyan.
The next discussion of the bill will be held in Aug with the
participation of medium-sized business.