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