ELECTION OF CHAIRMEN OF TWO NEW STANDING COMMITTEES TO BE HELD AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON JUNE 17
Noyan Tapan
Ju ne 16, 2008
YEREVAN, JUNE 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on
June 16 discussed the issue of election of chairmen of two new
standing committees: the NA Standing Committee on Agricultural and
Environmental Protection Issues and the NA Standing Committee on
Territorial Administration and Local Government Issues. The member of
"Repulican Party of Armenia" (RPA) faction, spokesman for the RPA
Edward Sharmazanov read the decision of the political coalition,
according to which the secretary of "Orinats Yerkir" faction Khachik
Harutyunian, who recently was imcluded in the faction, and member
of the same faction Hovhannes Margarian have been nominated for
these posts.
A secret vote will be held on June 17.
In the words of the NA speaker Tigran Torosian, the problem of electing
the chairman of the third standing committee – the Standing Committee
on Social Issues will be solved during the NA autumn session to start
in September. To recap, the right for proposing a candidate for this
post was reserved for "Heritage" faction.
However, as the secretary of "Heritage" faction Styopa Safarian said,
they have never expected any posts. "In our opinion, prior to reserving
the post of chairman of some committee or another for the opposition,
the NA and especially our respectable majority have the problem of
thinking about institutionalization of status of the opposition and
discussing their rights, procedures, and only after all this they
should discuss the issue of the committee’s chairman," S. Safarian
pointed out.