AMENDMENTS MADE IN RA PRESIDENT’S MARCH 1 DECREE ON DECLARING STATE OF EMERGENCY

Noyan Tapan
March 13, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. By the March 13 decree of the RA
President, since March 14 Subpoint 5 of Point 4 of the March 1,
2008 decree of the RA President on "Declaring a state of emergency"
is recognized as repealed. The above-mentioned subpoint defined
"prohibition of implementation of political agitation through
leaflets or in other ways without the permission of corresponding
state bodies." And Subpoint 4 of the same point is formed in the
following wording:

"4. Making public or spreading obviously false information on state
and home political issues or information distabilizing the situation
or calls for participation in events, which are not announced properly
(are illegal), as well as similar information or calls."

It should be mentioned that Subpoint 4 of Point 4 of the decree
defined before that "the proclaimings concerning state and home
political issues can be implemented exclusively within the limits of
official information."

It should also be mentioned that Subpoints 6 and 7 of Point 4 of the
March 1 decree on "State of Emergency" were recognized as repealed
by the March 10 decree of the RA President. The above-mentioned
subpoints defined:

6) A temporary stopping of the activities of non-governmental
organizations and parties hindering the elimination of the
circumstances considered as basis for declaring a state of emergency,

7) Banishment of people not living in the territory, which has broken
the legal regime of the state of emergency, at their own expenses and
in case of not having means, at the expense of the state budget of
the Republic of Armenia on condition of indemnity of the made expenses.

The following subpoints of Point 4 of the March 1 decree of "State
of Emergency" are still in force:

1) prohibition of implementation of meetings, rallies, demonstrations,
marches and other mass measures,

2) prohibition of strikes and other measures stopping or checking
the activities of organizations,

3) in case of necessity, implementation of examination and restriction
of move of transport means and people by law enforcement bodies.