"ARDARUTIUN" ELECTS GRIGOR HAROUTIUNIAN AS FACTION SECRETARY AND
DECIDES TO RECALL ITS SIGNATURE FROM DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO ELECTORAL CODE
YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Ardarutiun" (Justice) faction
of the National Assembly will recall its signature from the draft
amendments to the Electoral Code jointly authored by the NA group
and factions. A decision was made on it at the August 25 sitting. As
Stepan Demirchian, the faction head, the Chairman of the People’s
Party of Armenia informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, the mentioned
decision is provided by not accepting the party’s preservations, among
which the proposal on forming the Parliament by 100% proportional
electoral order is attached special importance. Grigor Haroutiunian,
the PPA Board Secretary was also unanimously elected the faction
secretary at the sitting. The secretary’s post has been vacant since
early August when former secretary of the faction, non-partizan
Victor Dallakian left the party according to his own application,
becoming an independent deputy. 13 deputies will be members of the
party from now on. Responding the "NT" question, S.Demirchian stated
that there was no other application on leaving the party. To recap,
according to romour being circulated, another non-partizan deputy,
Tatul Manaserian, has a similar intention. He, like V.Dallakian,
may join the "Bargavach Hayastan" (Prospering Armenia) newly created
party in future. The "Ardarutiun" head assured that the party intends
to actively work at the autumn session to start in September. He
also expressed his disagreement with some estimations made in the
address of the opposition’s passiveness, mentioning that the faction,
including the PPA, has always publicly stated its position concerning
process taking place in the country and issues of public sonority. As
for the PPA coming programs, S.Demirchian mentioned that the party
actively prepares for its regular congress to be convened in November.