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PREPARATIONS FOR STATE OF EMERGENCY
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25076.html
Published: 19:41:56 - 08/02/2012
The parliament held the first hearing of the draft law on the legal
basis of the state of emergency presented by the government. The law
defines the prerequisites for imposing a state of emergency.
By the way, the issue became urgent after 1 March 2008 when Robert
Kocharyan imposed a state of emergency. The opposition stated that
it was unlawful because Armenia did not have a law on a state of
emergency.
Now on the eve of the parliamentary elections the government sets
to fill in this legislative gap, which allows supposing that the
government does not rule out developments similar to those in March
1 and thus creates the legislative framework for its possible actions.
The draft law has been presented by the minister of justice Hrair
Tovmasyan who says that a state of emergency can be imposed where
circumstances directly threatening the constitutional order are
present, where efforts are made to topple the constitutional order
by way of use of force and to usurp power or to remove the government.
A state of emergency will be imposed in times of armed uprisings,
unrests, terrorist attacks, occupation or blockade of a facility,
actions of bands, nationalistic, racial, religious conflicts which
are accompanied with violent actions and threaten the life and health
of people.
The draft law states that a state of emergency can be maintained by the
police, the national security service and the forces and assets of the
state authorized security agencies. According to Hrair Tovmasyan, the
draft law prescribes intervention of the armed forces only where the
troops of the police and national security bodies are not sufficient
to settle the issue.
The opposition argues against the thoughts on the deployment of the
army, noting that it poses danger of intervention of the army in
domestic issues. Member of Parliament Armen Martirosyan, Heritage,
expressed concern. The ex-speaker in 2008 Tigran Torosyan announced
that the draft law must have more precision regarding the issue of
deployment of the army. Tigran Torosyan also announced that the draft
law should have been adopted earlier, and it is highly important.
By the way, the ex-president Robert Kocharyan stated in one of
his recent interviews that he deployed the army on March 1 after
consulting the speaker and the prime minister as required by the
Constitution. Later the ex-speaker Tigran Torosyan told the press
that Kocharyan had not consulted him on the deployment of the army.
From: A. Papazian
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country25076.html
Published: 19:41:56 - 08/02/2012
The parliament held the first hearing of the draft law on the legal
basis of the state of emergency presented by the government. The law
defines the prerequisites for imposing a state of emergency.
By the way, the issue became urgent after 1 March 2008 when Robert
Kocharyan imposed a state of emergency. The opposition stated that
it was unlawful because Armenia did not have a law on a state of
emergency.
Now on the eve of the parliamentary elections the government sets
to fill in this legislative gap, which allows supposing that the
government does not rule out developments similar to those in March
1 and thus creates the legislative framework for its possible actions.
The draft law has been presented by the minister of justice Hrair
Tovmasyan who says that a state of emergency can be imposed where
circumstances directly threatening the constitutional order are
present, where efforts are made to topple the constitutional order
by way of use of force and to usurp power or to remove the government.
A state of emergency will be imposed in times of armed uprisings,
unrests, terrorist attacks, occupation or blockade of a facility,
actions of bands, nationalistic, racial, religious conflicts which
are accompanied with violent actions and threaten the life and health
of people.
The draft law states that a state of emergency can be maintained by the
police, the national security service and the forces and assets of the
state authorized security agencies. According to Hrair Tovmasyan, the
draft law prescribes intervention of the armed forces only where the
troops of the police and national security bodies are not sufficient
to settle the issue.
The opposition argues against the thoughts on the deployment of the
army, noting that it poses danger of intervention of the army in
domestic issues. Member of Parliament Armen Martirosyan, Heritage,
expressed concern. The ex-speaker in 2008 Tigran Torosyan announced
that the draft law must have more precision regarding the issue of
deployment of the army. Tigran Torosyan also announced that the draft
law should have been adopted earlier, and it is highly important.
By the way, the ex-president Robert Kocharyan stated in one of
his recent interviews that he deployed the army on March 1 after
consulting the speaker and the prime minister as required by the
Constitution. Later the ex-speaker Tigran Torosyan told the press
that Kocharyan had not consulted him on the deployment of the army.
From: A. Papazian