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EXTRAORDINARY SPEECH BY RA NA SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SITTING
National Assembly of RA
www.parliament.am
Armenia
Nov 14 2011
Dear deputies,
You already know that in the upcoming elections I will run the
campaign of our party, and I have declared that for getting prepared
for that important job I have decided to untimely step down from the
chairmanship of the Parliament.
Fully realizing the whole responsibility before the RA President, the
state, the people and the party, in accordance with the paragraph 2
of the Article 20 of the Rules of Procedure, today I am submitting my
resignation from the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Being elected Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia on September 29, 2008 I have announced that the activity of the
National Assembly should be transparent, and the parliament reachable
for the society. Let it not sound immodest, but I believe that we
have succeeded to provide the transparent activity of the parliament
as much as possible and make closer parliament-society relationship.
I am grateful for our joint work. This has been for me a very important
and, in terms of the reinforcement of parliamentary culture, effective
time period.
Appreciating the activity of the National Assembly we should take into
account its weight of the role of the legislative higher body in the
life of the state. I believe that the National Assembly has displayed
itself as an active participant of the establishment process of the
statehood. I am convinced that from now on the National Assembly will
permanently be the defender of the state and society interests with
its activity. The National Assembly has fulfilled and will implement
its functions of the legislative body, because the vote received
from the people means permanent accountability and realization of
duty before the voter, thus also before the state.
All of you witnessed my permanent adherence to the principles of
tolerance, mutual respect during my activity in the NA Speaker's
position. I have been and I hold the conviction that the parliament
should be a tribune of plurality and a platform, where numerous and
extraordinary opinions can sound and be audible, and as a result of
comparison and also contradiction of which those legislative solutions
should be born, which are necessary for our country today.
At the same time I would like to note that being elected a deputy
via majoritarian electoral system I am not going to avoid the
responsibility assumed before my voters and deputy's obligations.
Whatever positions I have occupied I have never gone far from my
people, I am aware of its problems and I am willing to promote their
solution.
Dear deputies,
I think everybody realizes that our country is undergoing the
preparatory phase of the regular parliamentary elections; elections,
the organization and holding of which at high level is the matter
of honour for all of us and especially for the authorities. I am not
using the word "all of us" by accident, as any negative consequence of
elections is an impact not only on the reputation of the authorities,
but also the country. The authorities have repeatedly declared about
the readiness of holding free and fair elections, which means that
there is a necessary political will and resoluteness for it.
Dear colleagues,
Concluding my speech, I once again express my gratitude for the joint
work and cooperation during my tenure. I am thankful for your advice,
proposals and criticism. All this testifies that we managed to work
jointly, hear, tolerate and respect each other.
I am sure that sanity, mutual respect and tolerance will continue to
reign in this hall. I wish it would be manifested among us not only
in the parliament, but also in the whole political field.
National Assembly of RA
www.parliament.am
Armenia
Nov 14 2011
Dear deputies,
You already know that in the upcoming elections I will run the
campaign of our party, and I have declared that for getting prepared
for that important job I have decided to untimely step down from the
chairmanship of the Parliament.
Fully realizing the whole responsibility before the RA President, the
state, the people and the party, in accordance with the paragraph 2
of the Article 20 of the Rules of Procedure, today I am submitting my
resignation from the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly.
Being elected Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of
Armenia on September 29, 2008 I have announced that the activity of the
National Assembly should be transparent, and the parliament reachable
for the society. Let it not sound immodest, but I believe that we
have succeeded to provide the transparent activity of the parliament
as much as possible and make closer parliament-society relationship.
I am grateful for our joint work. This has been for me a very important
and, in terms of the reinforcement of parliamentary culture, effective
time period.
Appreciating the activity of the National Assembly we should take into
account its weight of the role of the legislative higher body in the
life of the state. I believe that the National Assembly has displayed
itself as an active participant of the establishment process of the
statehood. I am convinced that from now on the National Assembly will
permanently be the defender of the state and society interests with
its activity. The National Assembly has fulfilled and will implement
its functions of the legislative body, because the vote received
from the people means permanent accountability and realization of
duty before the voter, thus also before the state.
All of you witnessed my permanent adherence to the principles of
tolerance, mutual respect during my activity in the NA Speaker's
position. I have been and I hold the conviction that the parliament
should be a tribune of plurality and a platform, where numerous and
extraordinary opinions can sound and be audible, and as a result of
comparison and also contradiction of which those legislative solutions
should be born, which are necessary for our country today.
At the same time I would like to note that being elected a deputy
via majoritarian electoral system I am not going to avoid the
responsibility assumed before my voters and deputy's obligations.
Whatever positions I have occupied I have never gone far from my
people, I am aware of its problems and I am willing to promote their
solution.
Dear deputies,
I think everybody realizes that our country is undergoing the
preparatory phase of the regular parliamentary elections; elections,
the organization and holding of which at high level is the matter
of honour for all of us and especially for the authorities. I am not
using the word "all of us" by accident, as any negative consequence of
elections is an impact not only on the reputation of the authorities,
but also the country. The authorities have repeatedly declared about
the readiness of holding free and fair elections, which means that
there is a necessary political will and resoluteness for it.
Dear colleagues,
Concluding my speech, I once again express my gratitude for the joint
work and cooperation during my tenure. I am thankful for your advice,
proposals and criticism. All this testifies that we managed to work
jointly, hear, tolerate and respect each other.
I am sure that sanity, mutual respect and tolerance will continue to
reign in this hall. I wish it would be manifested among us not only
in the parliament, but also in the whole political field.