ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT APPROVE THE BILL SUBMITTED BY ARF DASHNAKTSUTYUN FACTION
Arminfo
2010-04-02 15:48:00
ArmInfo. During today’s debates at the Armenian Standing Parliamentary
Commission for External Relations, the Armenian government did not
approve the bill on introduction of amendments and alterations in
the Armenian Law "On International Agreements" and introduction of
amendments in the Law "On Regulations of Armenian National Assembly".
The bill was submitted by the parliamentarians from ARF Dashnaktsutyun
faction.
Head of the Commission Armen Rustamyan said that the amendments to
the Law "On International Agreements" aim to expand the powers of the
Armenian National Assembly in the international arena. "We suggest
giving the relevant powers to the Armenian parliament to enable the
latter to introduce certain reservations in international agreements
before their ratification by parliament",- said Rustamyan. He
also said that these amendments do not contradict to the Armenian
Constitution. However, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh
Kocharyan pointed out that according to the Armenian Constitution, the
parliament has no right to introduce any reservations in international
agreements. As a result of the debates, a decision was taken to apply
to the Constitutional Court and find out whether these amendments
meet the Basic Law of the republic.
For his part, Vazgen Karakhanyan, Deputy Chairman of the Armenian
Standing Parliamentary Commission for External Relations, member of
the Republican Party of Armenia faction, said that this issue had been
discussed by the ruling coalition. "As this is a nationwide issue,
it requires nationwide debates",- he said.
Both Armenian government and the Standing Parliamentary Commission
for External Relations gave a negative conclusion for the bill on
introduction of amendments and alterations in the Armenian Law "On
International Agreements".