DEPUTY SAYS 5 YEARS NEEDED FOR DEPUTIES TO LEARN PARLIAMENT LIFE

Panorama.am
18:48 01/03/2007

Paruir Hairikyan, chairman of National Self-Determination Union (AIM),
believes that there are no profound lawyers in the parliament causing
incomplete laws. Speaking about the Law on Dual Citizenship, he said
that some citizens may have the right to vote without any expenses
whereas others have to spend thousands dollars to come to Armenia
in order to vote. Hairikyan said that many citizens will apply to
Constitutional Court to discuss the violation of their right to vote.

In a debate with Hairikyan, Rafik Petrosyan, chairman of state and
legal committee at the National Assembly, praised the Election Code
saying it has advantages that in case put into practice will ensure
"free, fair and transparent elections" in Armenia. Hairikyan believes
that the election order must have been defined in Constitution to
have free elections in Armenia.

Hairikyan believes the election order must have been 100 percent
proportional.

He also believes that the parliament term should not have been made 5
years instead of 4. "A country like the United States holds elections
every two years," AIM leader said. Petrossyan argued that long term
is needed for the deputies "to learn the parliament life."