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Armenia President has 21 days to sign bill on amendments to Judicial Code adopted by parliament

News.am, Armenia
Feb 4 2021

President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has already received the bill which envisages amendments to the Judicial Code and which was adopted by the National Assembly yesterday, the Staff of the President of Armenia reported.

According to the Constitution of Armenia, the President shall sign and promulgate the law adopted by the National Assembly within a 21-day period or shall, within the same period, apply to the Constitutional Court to determine the compliance of the law with the Constitution.

If the Constitutional Court decides that the law complies with the Constitution, the President shall sign and promulgate the law within a five-day period. If the President fails to fulfill the set requirements, the Speaker of the National Assembly shall sign and promulgate the law within a five-day period.

According to the draft amendments, certain judges of the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan with criminal specialization will examine cases of judicial oversight over pre-trial proceedings and the motions to allow operational intelligence measures implemented in the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS