FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSTITUTION

KarabakhOpen
10-12-2007 12:17:56

The delegation of the Democratic Party to the National Assembly
held a round-table meeting on Saturday about the influence of the
Constitution on the public and political life of the country to mark
the anniversary of adoption of the Constitution.

The leader of the Democratic faction Vahram Atanesyan told about the
events that followed the Constitution and the presupposed reforms.

The minister of justice Arthur Mosiyan said the NKR laws are made
to comply with the Constitution. Amendments were made to some laws,
other bills are now discussed by the parliament and will be adopted
by January 1, 2008.

During the meeting in which members of government, political
forces, NGOs also participated the influence of the adoption of
the Constitution on the public and political life in the country
was discussed. In addition, it was mentioned that the text of the
Constitution is not available to part of the population. The first
secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Artsakh
Hrant Melkumyan thinks no efforts were made for this purpose.

The director of the Resource Center of Stepanakert Irina Grigoryan
says many people did not read the Constitution before voting to it
since there was very little time for that.

The necessity of printing brochures with the text of the Constitution
was brought up. The prosecutor general said Armen Zalinyan, head of
the working group which worked out the Constitution, promised that
the basic law will be made reachable for people.