THE PARLIAMENT CHANGING THE RA CONSTITUTION
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| 13:43:24 | 04-05-2005 | Politics |
Today at 12:40 p.m. the discussion of the three draft constitutions
started in the NA. Right away Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA
Standing Committee on state and legal affairs, is representing the
coalition draft to the delegates. By the way, when Arthur Baghdasaryan
announced while representing the draft that the authors are the three
members of the coalition and the fraction «Democratic Delegate»,
Karen Karapetyan, head of the fraction, announced that they will not
represent the corresponding chapter of the draft. «Do you decline
the draft? », asked Arthur Baghdasaryan. No, we simply are not
co-authors», said Karen Karapetyan.
The discussion of the draft constitutions has special procedure in
the NA. 60 minutes are given to the representation of each draft.
Rafik Petrosyan representing the coalition draft informed that by the
first draft constitution 1 article has bee removed, 25 have been filled
up, and 97 have been improved from the RA present Constitution. Before
representing the changes Rafik Petrosyan informed the delegates with
a long introduction why constitutional amendments are done. «The
Constitutional amendments have perspectives», he announced adding
that they are done not to solve the present problems but to reflect
the internal and foreign policy of the Republic in the Constitution.
At present Rafik Petrosyan has finished his speech and the delegates
are asking him question.
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