PARLIAMENT ADOPTS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Panorama.am
15:25 28/11/06

Rafik Petrosyan, one of the initiator of the law on alienation of
property for public and state needs, admitted today at Pakagits Club
that the law is unconstitutional. The law passed the third reading
in the parliament yesterday. "The law does not define what is an
exclusive and superior state interest. This may be appealed at the
Constitutional Court by the opposition," he said.

Asked why the majority, including Rafik Petrosyan, voted for the
bill in case when it was against the constitution, the deputy said
they preferred to have a law with errors than to leave the field
unregulated.

Vardan Lazarian from Justice block believes that people are afraid
to lose their houses without proper compensation. "The responsible
person is Robert Kocharyan. He ratifies laws and government decisions,"
Lazarian said.

The opposition is going to apply to the Constitutional Court to
announce the bill unconstitutional.