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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION TO INVITE EXTRAORDINARY PARLIAMENT SESSION
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July 12, 2012 | 18:08
YEREVAN. - The Parliamentary group of opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC) took a form from Armenian Parliament Speaker at 5.55
p.m. on Thursday for inviting an extraordinary parliament seating,
the press secretary of the Armenian Parliament Gohar Poghosyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to the 'Parliamentary Rule of Procedure' after taking the
blank form ANC must collect 44 signatures and present the form to
the Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan in 24 hours. Right after that
the speaker must process the application.
To note, ANC has 7 MPs, Armenian Revolutionary Federation and
Heritage have 5 MPs each, so in order for ANC to collect 44 signatures
Prosperous Armenia Party must also join in.
Earlier Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that Opposition Armenian
National Congress' (ANC) Parliament group issued a statement with an
initiative to convene a special session.
"Considering [the fact] that the crimes that were committed at
Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex have received a wide public resonance,
Noting that a response [to these developments] by the National Assembly
[Parliament] will contribute to weakening the social tension,
Noting that an NA MP's involvement and accountability is touched upon
in connection with the incidents,
Taking into account that the incidents' inadequate and incomplete
criminal-legal assessment could negatively impact the Armenian Army's
moral and psychological condition, [and]
Taking into account the consultations held with representatives from
Prosperous Armenia, ARF, and Heritage [parties] parliament groups,
We [hereby] decide to convene on July 17 at 12pm, together with MPs
from other groups, a special NA session with an agenda to adopt
an NA decision on forming an ad hoc NA commission to study the
circumstances [of the incident] at Harsnaqar," the ANC's statement
reads in particular.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at
Armenian capital city Yerevan's Harsnaqar restaurant on June 17, where
several military doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan,
Garik Soghomonyan, Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten
by the security personnel. Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29. A
criminal case is launched and the Police have detained six people.
The restaurant's owner is a businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who is an
influential figure, ruling Republican Party of Armenia former MP,
who resigned after the scandal, but remained president of Football
Federation of Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
July 12, 2012 | 18:08
YEREVAN. - The Parliamentary group of opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC) took a form from Armenian Parliament Speaker at 5.55
p.m. on Thursday for inviting an extraordinary parliament seating,
the press secretary of the Armenian Parliament Gohar Poghosyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am.
According to the 'Parliamentary Rule of Procedure' after taking the
blank form ANC must collect 44 signatures and present the form to
the Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan in 24 hours. Right after that
the speaker must process the application.
To note, ANC has 7 MPs, Armenian Revolutionary Federation and
Heritage have 5 MPs each, so in order for ANC to collect 44 signatures
Prosperous Armenia Party must also join in.
Earlier Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that Opposition Armenian
National Congress' (ANC) Parliament group issued a statement with an
initiative to convene a special session.
"Considering [the fact] that the crimes that were committed at
Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex have received a wide public resonance,
Noting that a response [to these developments] by the National Assembly
[Parliament] will contribute to weakening the social tension,
Noting that an NA MP's involvement and accountability is touched upon
in connection with the incidents,
Taking into account that the incidents' inadequate and incomplete
criminal-legal assessment could negatively impact the Armenian Army's
moral and psychological condition, [and]
Taking into account the consultations held with representatives from
Prosperous Armenia, ARF, and Heritage [parties] parliament groups,
We [hereby] decide to convene on July 17 at 12pm, together with MPs
from other groups, a special NA session with an agenda to adopt
an NA decision on forming an ad hoc NA commission to study the
circumstances [of the incident] at Harsnaqar," the ANC's statement
reads in particular.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at
Armenian capital city Yerevan's Harsnaqar restaurant on June 17, where
several military doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan,
Garik Soghomonyan, Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten
by the security personnel. Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29. A
criminal case is launched and the Police have detained six people.
The restaurant's owner is a businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who is an
influential figure, ruling Republican Party of Armenia former MP,
who resigned after the scandal, but remained president of Football
Federation of Armenia.
From: A. Papazian