RA NA REGULAR FOUR-DAY SESSION STARTS

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 19, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The work of the RA National Assembly
regular four-day plenary session started on May 19. More than 40 issues
and 5 international agreements submitted for the ratification of the
RA President are on the agenda. The agreement On Permanent Mission of
the Asian Development Bank signed on January 23, 2008 in Manila and
on January 30, 2008 in Yerevan between the RA government and the Asian
Development Bank was ratified. The prevailing part of the adopted bills
envisage amendments and addenda to a number of laws in force. The bill
On Firm Names and the legislative package On Inventions, Useful Models,
and Industrial Samples adopted in the second reading are an exception.

After the voting the parliament started discussing the bill On Making
Amendments to the RA law On Holding Gatherings, Meetings, and Marches.

According to the author of the latter, NA Speaker Tigran Torosian,
it has been worked out as a result of the discussions held in April
in Yerevan jointly with the experts of Council of Europe Venice
Commission and OSCE/ODIHR. The experts’ conclusion is positive,
but it is mentioned that "the quality of any law depends on the
circumstances of both its planning and use."