You Hung the Bell, We Make the Speech

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20:23 01/06/06

YOU HUNG THE BELL, WE MAKE THE SPEECH

Today NA Vice Speaker Tigran Torosyan was not criticized either by the
authorities or by opposition after being nominated for NA Chairman.

Though the opposition said they are not going to participate in the
election, the discussion was mainly held by them. And since they had
no objections to Tigran Torosyan’s candidacy, either, the discussion
was mainly held on other topics. Deputy Hmaiak Hovhannisyan expressed
his concern with the law on alienation zones which was not adopted in
time and the constitutional court ruled that human rights are
violated.

Viktor Dallakyan said that this is the second time NA Chairman is
elected without an alternative candidate.

Torosyan was addressed a number of questions on political reform in
the country. Particularly, they were interested whether it will be
possible to hold free and transparent elections in 2007 or will it be
possible that the parliament ceases to be the attachment of the
executive branch. The questions were address with prior awareness that
Torosyan cannot answer them. Torosyan said he cannot make promises on
future and advised to judge him based on his performance during the
last 7 years. /Panorama.am/