It’s Envisaged That Dual Citizens To Make Use Of Electoral Right Onl

IT’S ENVISAGED THAT DUAL CITIZENS TO MAKE USE OF ELECTORAL RIGHT ONLY AFTER SETTLING IN ARMENIA FOR MOSTLY AND CONTINUOUS LIVING

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Apr 06 2006

YEREVAN, APRIL 6, NOYAN TAPAN, – ARMENIANS TODAY. Levon Mkrtchian,
the head of the RA NA “ARF” faction and Armen Rustamian, a
representative of the ARF Supreme Body of Armenia presented at
the April 5 press-conference the working draft of the conception
of the RA draft law “On Giving Armenians from Abroad Status of Dual
Citizenship.” It’s expected that the draft law will be worked out based
on the conception and will be put it in the official circulation at
the National Assembly till September. The necessity of adopting the
letter is conditioned with constitutional amendments adopted by the
November 27, 2005 referendum, as a result of that the prohibition
of the dual citizenship was liquidated. It’s envisaged that those
dual citizens who implemented their military service in any state,
must not implement double military service in the RA. Issues connected
with tax duties must be regulated by international agreements. Double
taxation of dual citizens will be excluded by the means of interstate
agreements and the productive citizenship will be used, thus, taxes,
duties and other payments will be paid in that state where those
people mostly and continuously or always live or where they actively
promote their activity, where the place of sources of their profit
is. As for carrying out the right of votion, according to the proposed
draft conception, dual citizens will make use of this right after
their settling in RA for mostly or countinuously living. Taking into
account, that by the RA amended Constitution no prohibition functions
connected with the right of voting, it’s fixed that people got dual
citizenship in the RA must make use of the possibility of their right
of voting. The author considers possible to fix a principle in the
Electoral Code, according to what, state elections must be held only
in the RA territory, excluding existence of polling stations in other
countries. Let’s mention that the basis for getting dual citizenship
is the fact of certifying and proving meaning, thus, according to
A.Rustamian, the principle of blood functions.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS