ADOPTION OF LAW WILL AROUSE "CIVIC DISOBEDIENCE"
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[04:10 pm] 02 October, 2006
The residents of the "reconstruction zones" of the capital who have
been deprived of their houses due to "state needs" arrived at the
National Assembly building earlier than the deputies. Although the
NA sittings start at midday, the former residents of North and Main
Avenues, Koghbatsi, Firdusi, and Kozern streets and Dalma and Old
Norq gardens gathered near the entrance of the Parliament building
at about 10:15 a.m. to exercise "public pressure" upon the deputies
in order to prevent the RA draft law on "Alienation of property for
state and public needs" from entering the NA agenda.
Let us remind you that during the special session last week the
efforts of the oppositional deputies managed to prevent the law from
being adopted after the first hearing.
The participants of the protest action are not against the adoption
of the law, but they demand to organize Parliamentary hearings so
that all the concern sides can represent the strong and weak points
of the draft.
For example, they have fears that the draft will give the officials
a chance to legalize their previous anti-constitutional deeds.
Let us remind you that according to the decision of the Constitutional
Court, in several cases the evictions realized contradicted the
RA Constitution.
That decision gives the former residents of the reconstruction zone a
chance to turn to different court structures and even to the European
Court of Human Rights.
The participants of the protest action were so angered by the RA
draft law on "Alienation of property for state and public needs" that
the citizens who have been deprived of their houses due to "state
needs" were already planning how to organize "civic disobedience"
and to demand the resignation of the Government and Robert Kocharyan
himself. By the way, they have informed RA Minister of Justice David
Haroutyunyan about their aim; the letter represents the above mentioned
draft in the NA.
After the start of the session the participants of the action called
their friends inside the building to learn what was going on. There
came a moment when they started to congratulate each other: it turned
out that the draft was not included in the agenda.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
