PACKAGE OF BILLS ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION IN CITY OF YEREVAN ADOPTED IN FIRST READING
Noyan Tapan
Dec 6, 2007
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Six bills and legislative packages
discussed the previous day were adopted at the RA National Assembly
December 6 morning sitting. With the exception of the bill On Local
Self-government and Territorial Administration in the City of Yerevan
and package of amendments and addenda to 21 laws proceeding from the
latter, the other bills were adopted in the final reading.
75 deputies voted for, 6 against and 16 abstained to the legislative
package on the city of Yerevan. It were the members of the ARFD
faction that mainly voted abstained. The Zharangutiun faction’s
members voted differently: faction head Raffi Hovannisian voted for,
Anahit Bakhshian abstained and the other members against. During the
discussion of the package the previous day the two above mentioned
factions had made a number of proposals mentioning that their future
voting will be conditioned by government’s accepting their proposals.
The bill On Railway Transport and the package envisaging an addendum to
the law On Public Services Regulatory Body proceeding from the latter,
as well as the bill On Giving Privileges to Water User Companies on
Tax and Compulsory Social Insurance Payments were adoopted in the
third reading and completely.
Bills envisaging amendments and addenda to a number of valid laws
were adopted in the second reading and completely. Amendments
and an addendum was made to the valid law On Population’s State
Register. According to it, in addition to the current sources of
accumulation of personal data in the state register, RA dual citizens
and persons permanently residing in RA, having no citizenship were
also included in the state register.