ACCORDING TO TIGRAN TOROSIAN, PARLIAMENT WILL HAVE NEW AND INTERESTING
INITIATIVES IN 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 27, NOYAN TAPAN. The parliament elected in May of
this year has worked efficiently since then: 111 laws, most of which
were submitted by the government, have been passed, and 197 bills,
almost half of which were presented on the initiative of deputies, have
been put into circulation, the speaker of the RA National Assembly
Tigran Torosian stated at the December 27 press conference.

In his opinion, among the laws passed, the most important ones are the
2008 state budget of Armeniat, the RA Administrative Procedure Code,
the new law on the securities market, as well as the large-scale
legislative amendments related to the judicial system. According to T.
Torosian, in a short period of time, the newly-elected parliament has
succeeded in nearly completing the process of bringing the Armenian
legislation into line with the 2005 constitutional amendments. He said
that this process will be fully compeleted by adoption of a law on
Yerevan, which is scheduled to be done at the spring session in 2008.

T. Torosian expressed confidence that the parliament has great
opportunities to make its activities more diverse and efficient.
Particularly, the legislative body should hold more extended
discussions on urgent problems of Armenia, work more actively in
international parliamentary organizations and promote bilateral
relations with partners. "I think the parliament will have new and
interesting initiatives in 2008," the speaker of the National Assembly
said.