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EX-MILITARY PROSECUTOR HOPES THE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA TO VETO BILL ON THE LEGAL REGIME OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY
arminfo
Friday, March 23, 15:22
The Bill On the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency passed by
the Armenian Parliament is unconstitutional and the oppositional
Armenian National Congress (ANC) alarmed of that yet in November
2011 when the bill was still under elaboration. Gagik Jhangiryan,
ex-military prosecutor of Armenia, Head of the ANC Commission for
State and Legal Affairs, told media on March 23.
He said that the Constitution bans involvement of the Armed Forces
in political processes unlike the bill. Jhangiryan thinks that hasty
adoption of such bill on the threshold of elections is just warning
against post- election public protests. "It is a peculiar message to
manage the public and make it close eyes on the arbitrariness of the
ruling regime during the elections process," Jhangiryan said.
Nevertheless, he hopes the president will veto the bill, otherwise
the Congress will be fighting against the bill's coming into force
by all means possible.
The National Assembly of Armenia approved on Wednesday the second and
final reading of a bill determining the legal regime of the state of
emergency by 68 votes "for", 0 votes "against", and 0 "abstentions".
The president in cooperation with the prime minister and the parliament
speaker can announce the state of emergency in response to a real
threat to the country's constitutional system, like a coup, an armed
rebellion, mass disturbances, an occupation, an ethnic, racial or
religious conflict, and can be ensured by the police and the national
security service. The army should be used only if the police and the
national security service fail the task.
From: A. Papazian
arminfo
Friday, March 23, 15:22
The Bill On the Legal Regime of the State of Emergency passed by
the Armenian Parliament is unconstitutional and the oppositional
Armenian National Congress (ANC) alarmed of that yet in November
2011 when the bill was still under elaboration. Gagik Jhangiryan,
ex-military prosecutor of Armenia, Head of the ANC Commission for
State and Legal Affairs, told media on March 23.
He said that the Constitution bans involvement of the Armed Forces
in political processes unlike the bill. Jhangiryan thinks that hasty
adoption of such bill on the threshold of elections is just warning
against post- election public protests. "It is a peculiar message to
manage the public and make it close eyes on the arbitrariness of the
ruling regime during the elections process," Jhangiryan said.
Nevertheless, he hopes the president will veto the bill, otherwise
the Congress will be fighting against the bill's coming into force
by all means possible.
The National Assembly of Armenia approved on Wednesday the second and
final reading of a bill determining the legal regime of the state of
emergency by 68 votes "for", 0 votes "against", and 0 "abstentions".
The president in cooperation with the prime minister and the parliament
speaker can announce the state of emergency in response to a real
threat to the country's constitutional system, like a coup, an armed
rebellion, mass disturbances, an occupation, an ethnic, racial or
religious conflict, and can be ensured by the police and the national
security service. The army should be used only if the police and the
national security service fail the task.
From: A. Papazian