DRAFT DECISION SUBMITTED BY ARF FACTION MEMBERS TO BE DISCUSSED AS URGENT
Noyan Tapan
Nov 16, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. There are 71 issues, including 8
international agreements, on the agenda of the regular 4-day session
of the RA National Assembly that started on November 16.
Among the agenda issues are in particular the bill on the 2010 state
budget of Armenia, the 2010 annual programs of activities of the
RA Audit Chamber and the RA State Commission for the Protection of
Economic Competition, as well as the draft decision on setting up a
NA ad hoc committee for monitoring. The draft decision was submitted
by members of the ARF faction – based on the conclusion of the ad hoc
committee on the inquiry into the events of 1-2 March 2008 in Yerevan
and their reasons. The indicated draft decision will be discussed
as urgent.
NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian announced that the head committees have
given non-positive recommendations about the ARF’s bill and the
bill on an amendment to the Law on Television and Radio (it was
submitted by members of the Heritage faction Anahit Bakhshian and
Armen Martirosian). These bills have been considered by their authors
as urgent.
Under the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, one bill or one
draft decision considered by an opposition faction as urgent shall be
discussed at the second sitting on Tuesday during every second 4-day
session. In case of the existence of more than one opposition factions,
the sequence of discussion of the issues considered urgent by them
is determined based on the number of members in these factions. In
accordance with this provision, priority was given to the larger
ARF faction.
As a result of a vote held, the NA decided not to put on the agenda
yet another bill which did not receive a positive recommendation of
the head committee – the bill submitted by the secretary of Heritage
faction Larisa Alaverdian based on the conclusion of the ad hoc
committee on the inquiry into the events in Yerevan on 1-2 March 2008.
L. Alaverdian had proposed setting up a new ad hoc committee to
examine the March events.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
