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MAJORITY PARTY'S BOYCOTT SCUTTLES SPECIAL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
NEWS | 30.09.14 | 10:02
http://armenianow.com/news/57213/armenia_special_session_rpa_boycott
Photo: www.parliament.am
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) thwarted a special
session of parliament initiated by its former coalition partner,
Orinats Yerkir, to discuss amendments to the law on compulsory
execution of judicial acts.
Only lawmakers from Orinats Yerkir, the Prosperous Armenia Party and
the Armenian National Congress turned out for the scheduled session
Monday evening, but their presence was not enough to ensure the quorum.
Earlier, the leader of the RPA faction Vahram Baghdasaryan said they
would not participate in the special session.
This is not the first time the RPA, as a majority party, thwarts
special meetings called by minority factions. In November 2013,
the party's faction did not find expedient to participate in a
scheduled debate on the controversial pension debate, thus thwarting
the event, and in 2012 it scuttled a special session on an opposition
party-submitted package of amendments to election laws.
NEWS | 30.09.14 | 10:02
http://armenianow.com/news/57213/armenia_special_session_rpa_boycott
Photo: www.parliament.am
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) thwarted a special
session of parliament initiated by its former coalition partner,
Orinats Yerkir, to discuss amendments to the law on compulsory
execution of judicial acts.
Only lawmakers from Orinats Yerkir, the Prosperous Armenia Party and
the Armenian National Congress turned out for the scheduled session
Monday evening, but their presence was not enough to ensure the quorum.
Earlier, the leader of the RPA faction Vahram Baghdasaryan said they
would not participate in the special session.
This is not the first time the RPA, as a majority party, thwarts
special meetings called by minority factions. In November 2013,
the party's faction did not find expedient to participate in a
scheduled debate on the controversial pension debate, thus thwarting
the event, and in 2012 it scuttled a special session on an opposition
party-submitted package of amendments to election laws.