DISCUSSIONS OVER CRIMINAL CODE ARTICLES 225 AND 300

Panorama.am
17:32 05/02/2009

On 5 February the Chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee
on State and Legal Affairs Davit Harutyunyan chaired the maiden
session of the working group to draft the changes and supplements
of the articles 225 and 300 of the Criminal Code, reports the public
relations department of the National Assembly.

The head of the working group Davit Harutyunyan mentioned in his
speech that the mission of making certain changes in the above
mentioned articles is to make them correspond to some definite legal
principles and to the European standards. Mr. Harutyunyan pointed
out the shortcomings of the current articles. He reminded that the
recommendations to the changes should be presented on 19 February.

The members of the working group Davit Harutyunyan, Artsvik
Minasyan, Hrayr Tovmasyan presented their view points regarding the
recommendations.