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What does the government want from the draft law on the emergency situations?
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15:37 . 25/02
The amended version of the Draft law on the legal regime of emergency
situations will be urgently put to discussion at the National Assembly
on Monday.
The government managed to call the law back between the four-day
sessions, to amend it and again to send it to the National Assembly.
It will become known during the discussions on Monday what changes has
the draft undergone. This time the executive has decided that the
discussion of the draft law is undelayable.
It is not the first time that the Government has sent a draft law back
for amendment, but usually this happens when the parliamentary
majority is not able to ensure the necessary number of votes, when the
draft is overthrown not still adopted.
This happened in the past four-day session, for example, in the case
of the Draft law on limitations of cash operations. Whereas, the Draft
law on emergency situations was passed by 64 votes for and 7
abstentions in the first reading, and the ruling RPA did their best in
order for the draft to pass.
Some clauses of the draft were of course criticized during the
discussion of the draft. Particularly, it referred to the involvement
of the army in emergency situations, but the justice minister assured,
and it means, he was naturally sure himself that the criticism was
unnecessary, especially when the Venice Commission had also approved
the draft. Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan considered unjustified
also those concerns that by passing the law the authorities foresee a
necessity of emergency situation during the coming elections. The
minister explained that there should be the issue of the time
irrespective of the fact when the draft was set forth, now or later.
Whereas it is known already today that the executive really needs the
adoption of the law before the coming elections and it is the reason
that the discussion of the draft has been considered undelayable.
It is not very much clear what else the executive needs. For example,
why had the government harried and sent the draft to the National
Assembly without having it drawn up properly? Or wasn't it possible to
make the amendments in the period between the first and second
readings without sending it back to the government. It is supposed
that the MPs will give these and numerous other questions to the
justice minister during the coming session, and the minister,
hopefully, will answer them more openly and frankly than last time.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=5479
15:37 . 25/02
The amended version of the Draft law on the legal regime of emergency
situations will be urgently put to discussion at the National Assembly
on Monday.
The government managed to call the law back between the four-day
sessions, to amend it and again to send it to the National Assembly.
It will become known during the discussions on Monday what changes has
the draft undergone. This time the executive has decided that the
discussion of the draft law is undelayable.
It is not the first time that the Government has sent a draft law back
for amendment, but usually this happens when the parliamentary
majority is not able to ensure the necessary number of votes, when the
draft is overthrown not still adopted.
This happened in the past four-day session, for example, in the case
of the Draft law on limitations of cash operations. Whereas, the Draft
law on emergency situations was passed by 64 votes for and 7
abstentions in the first reading, and the ruling RPA did their best in
order for the draft to pass.
Some clauses of the draft were of course criticized during the
discussion of the draft. Particularly, it referred to the involvement
of the army in emergency situations, but the justice minister assured,
and it means, he was naturally sure himself that the criticism was
unnecessary, especially when the Venice Commission had also approved
the draft. Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan considered unjustified
also those concerns that by passing the law the authorities foresee a
necessity of emergency situation during the coming elections. The
minister explained that there should be the issue of the time
irrespective of the fact when the draft was set forth, now or later.
Whereas it is known already today that the executive really needs the
adoption of the law before the coming elections and it is the reason
that the discussion of the draft has been considered undelayable.
It is not very much clear what else the executive needs. For example,
why had the government harried and sent the draft to the National
Assembly without having it drawn up properly? Or wasn't it possible to
make the amendments in the period between the first and second
readings without sending it back to the government. It is supposed
that the MPs will give these and numerous other questions to the
justice minister during the coming session, and the minister,
hopefully, will answer them more openly and frankly than last time.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress