VAHAN HOVHANNESIAN DOESN'T EXCLUDE POSSIBILITY OF
ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH DOUBLE CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE
AZG Armenian Daily #147, 05/08/2006
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In the course of today's meeting with the Armenia youth from Diaspora,
Vahan Hovhannesian, Vice Speaker of RA National Assembly, touched upon
the issues of tax paying order of the people with double citizenship,
the issue of the order of their serving in the army, and the issue of
the right to vote and be elected. Hovhannesian stated that according
to some approaches, the people with double citizenship may run for
the elections for the local administration bodies, if the have the
minimal term for living in Armenia.
"If the term surpasses the minimum period, they may run for the
parliamentary elections," he said. He added that the draft law on
double citizenship will be discussed at the parliament in autumn. He
said it will be adopted before the parliament of the third convocation
is dissolved.
By Marietta Makarian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH DOUBLE CITIZENSHIP TO VOTE
AZG Armenian Daily #147, 05/08/2006
Home
In the course of today's meeting with the Armenia youth from Diaspora,
Vahan Hovhannesian, Vice Speaker of RA National Assembly, touched upon
the issues of tax paying order of the people with double citizenship,
the issue of the order of their serving in the army, and the issue of
the right to vote and be elected. Hovhannesian stated that according
to some approaches, the people with double citizenship may run for
the elections for the local administration bodies, if the have the
minimal term for living in Armenia.
"If the term surpasses the minimum period, they may run for the
parliamentary elections," he said. He added that the draft law on
double citizenship will be discussed at the parliament in autumn. He
said it will be adopted before the parliament of the third convocation
is dissolved.
By Marietta Makarian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress