ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SIGNS DECREE ON CREATION OF PUBLIC COUNCIL
YEREVAN, JUNE 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Serge Sragsian on
June 13 signed a decree on creation of a Public Council. The Public
Council has status of an advisory body.
With the aim of coordinating the work on formation of the Public
Council, a commission has been set up. The commission has been
instructed to form working groups with the participation of the
political forces making part of the opposition and the authorities and
representatives of civil society within 3 months, thus ensuring the
participation of all the interested sides in the process of forming the
Public Council, as well as to present proposals on the structure and
regulations of the Public Council to the Armenian president, while
taking the current approaches into account.
The advisor to the RA president Garnik Isagulian and the assistant of
the RA president Sevak Lalayan were instructed to ensure efficient
functioning of the commission.
According to a press release of the RA president’s press service, the
commission on coordination of the work of formation of the Public
Council is composed of the following persons:
Robert Amirkhanian, chairman of the Union of Composers of Armenia,
People’s Artist of the RA, professor (by consent),
priest Mesrop Aramian, chairman of "Gandzasar" theological center (by
consent),
Emil Gabrielian, academician of the RA National Academy of Sciences (by
consent),
Victor Dallakian, deputy of the RA National Assembly (by consent),
Hovhannes Zanazanian, deputy chairman of "Banants" football club (by
consent),
Perch Zeytuntsian, member of the chairmanship of the Union of Writers
of Armenia (by consent),
Khosrov Harutyunian, chairman of the Christian Democratic Union of
Armenia (by consent),
Tovmas Poghosain, chairman of "Sayat-Nova" cultural union, Honored
Artist of the RA, professor (by consent),
Arshak Sadoyan, chairman of the Alliance of National Democrats party
(by consent),
Yuri Sargsian, academician of the RA National Academy of Sciences (by
consent),
Sos Sargsian, People’s Artist of the USSR, professor, artistic director
of "National" theatre (by consent),
Shavarsh Kocharian, chairman of the board of the National Democratic
Party (by consent).