NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL ON LIMITING IMMUNITY OF SOME OFFICIALS
Panorama.am
18/05/2010
The National Assembly approved in the first reading Tuesday the
bills on Prosecutor's Office, Special Investigation Service (SIS)
and the one on making amendments to the Electoral Code submitted by
the Government. The amendments foresee limitations of the immunity
of some officials, as the Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan
said at the National Assembly sitting Monday.
According to him, the passage of the bills will lift the immunity
of the deputy candidates, central election committee members,
members of the regional committees, the candidates of municipal and
administrative units.
The endorsement of the bills came after the demand of the Council of
Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).
Panorama.am
18/05/2010
The National Assembly approved in the first reading Tuesday the
bills on Prosecutor's Office, Special Investigation Service (SIS)
and the one on making amendments to the Electoral Code submitted by
the Government. The amendments foresee limitations of the immunity
of some officials, as the Armenian Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan
said at the National Assembly sitting Monday.
According to him, the passage of the bills will lift the immunity
of the deputy candidates, central election committee members,
members of the regional committees, the candidates of municipal and
administrative units.
The endorsement of the bills came after the demand of the Council of
Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).