Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 13 2012
Armenian president signs emergency situation law
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a controversial emergency
situation law on Friday, RIA Novosti reports.
In its last 4-day session Armenia’s parliament adopted the bill,
despite the opposition’s strong objections.
Vahan Hovhannisyan, Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group, believes that the Law on Legal
Regime of Emergency Situations may have dangerous consequences,
Tetr.am reported previously.
`Unfortunately, our motion remained unheard. We pointed out the need
for such task forces, but our demand is that they not be part of the
Ministry of Defense. The army must not be involved. They did not
listen to us and placed this responsibility on the army, which is
unconstitutional,’ he said.
From: A. Papazian
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