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CREATION OF BICAMERAL PARLIAMENT MERE POPULIST STEP, KARAPETYAN SAYS
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Feb 11 2011
Armenia
"Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan lost the confidence of a greater
part of the Armenian Diaspora due to failure of Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement. He is making an attempt to make good terms
with representatives of the Armenian Diaspora by adopting a
bicameral parliamentary system. He is even ready to allow diaspora
representatives to participate in the state governance of Armenia,"
Chairman of New Times Party Aram Karapetyan told reporters on Friday.
"This is in fact a populist step. I strongly oppose this populism,
if domestic issues are on the agenda," Karapetyan said.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during a recent meeting
with representatives of the Armenian community in California, Armenian
Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan spoke of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's intention to make amendments to the Constitution and turn
the country's national assembly into a bicameral parliament. It will
grant Diaspora representatives an opportunity to become members of
the Upper Chamber and participate in state governance in Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Feb 11 2011
Armenia
"Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan lost the confidence of a greater
part of the Armenian Diaspora due to failure of Armenia-Turkey
rapprochement. He is making an attempt to make good terms
with representatives of the Armenian Diaspora by adopting a
bicameral parliamentary system. He is even ready to allow diaspora
representatives to participate in the state governance of Armenia,"
Chairman of New Times Party Aram Karapetyan told reporters on Friday.
"This is in fact a populist step. I strongly oppose this populism,
if domestic issues are on the agenda," Karapetyan said.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, during a recent meeting
with representatives of the Armenian community in California, Armenian
Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan spoke of Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan's intention to make amendments to the Constitution and turn
the country's national assembly into a bicameral parliament. It will
grant Diaspora representatives an opportunity to become members of
the Upper Chamber and participate in state governance in Armenia.
From: A. Papazian