Author: Emil Lazarian

Georgian leader asks businesses to help out grape farmers

Imedi TV, Tbilisi
31 Aug 06

Mikheil Saakashvili has asked private companies to buy 10,000 tonnes
of grapes each to minimize the effect of an “economic war” declared by
Russia against Georgia. In a speech broadcast live by major networks,
Saakashvili said he was instructing the prime minister to coordinate
the efforts to assist farmers in Kakheti province with the help of
five cabinet members. Saakashvili said by closing its market to the
Georgian wine Russia was hoping to cause a “total catastrophe” in
Georgia. In a fierce attack on Russia, he compared its leadership to
predators who “will eat you up if they smell blood”. He also said that
during his recent talks with the Russians he was told that “the only
thing you can ask of us is not to make your situation worse than it is
today”.
The following is an excerpt from report by Georgian Imedi TV on 31
August: [Presenter] The president of Georgia is meeting businessmen in
Sagarejo. We go live to [Mikheil] Saakashvili’s meeting with
representatives of the business community.
New Customs Code
[Saakashvili, in a vineyard] Greetings. I will turn around. You
probably have never seen the president make a speech in such an
unusual setting. I probably have never stood at such an angle to the
microphone.
First of all, I would like to welcome you all here in Kakheti. Thank
you very much for taking time. I know that this is holiday season.
Most of you look very refreshed. We are very pleased because this
means that in September our business will go back to rebuilding our
country with more vigour. It was important for me to meet you and
discuss what the state should do for you and what you can do for your
people, what you can do for your business, for your success and,
consequently, for Georgia’s future, Georgia’s success and every
Georgian’s well-being.
Before we move on to the main issues I’d like us to start with one
also very important issue. Tomorrow, on 1 September, the new Customs
Code enters into force. Customs duties on a vast majority of imported
products, apart from a majority of agricultural products and certain
types of products that can be produced in Georgia, have been
abolished. We do not want our products to face even more
competition. [Passage omitted]
Russia’s Georgia “policy”
While we have done everything we could, are doing and will continue to
do for you not to be intimidated by the Georgian state, there has
emerged a big intimidator. It is trying to terrorize you and the whole
of Georgia.
Unfortunately, it is our neighbour’s, Russia’s political
establishment. In recent years Russia has unfortunately had a clearly
articulated policy with respect to Georgia. I would like to believe
that this is the policy of only one part of Russia’s leadership. The
policy exists however. The policy is very straightforward, not to give
Georgia an opportunity to raise its head, get stronger and restore its
territorial integrity because Abkhazia must never go back into
Georgia’s fold, because Tskhinvali [South Ossetia] must never go back
into Georgia’s fold, because if Georgia is successful it will shatter
the world-view of the people who take these decisions. Hence, there is
a very clear policy in Russia aimed at changing the government and the
authorities in Georgia as soon as possible, before it is too late for
them. They are doing this in a very simple way. We should strangle
Georgia to make the Georgian people believe that it makes no sense to
fight for freedom, it makes no sense to fight for the restoration of
the rule of law in Abkhazia and that they should overthrow this
government, go down on their knees and crawl and kiss their toes and
give in once and for all.
They are not even promising anything in return. I know this because I
have had talks. Are you not in a bad situation, they ask. The only
thing we can do for you is not make it worse. Don’t ask for anything
else in exchange for talking to us, let alone Abkhazia or
Tskhinvali. You will never get them back.
Forget about them. Your main concern should be not to make your
situation even worse. This is what we are told. Everyone else is
offering help and assistance in the restoration of our territorial
integrity. These people are telling us to forget about our
territories. The only thing you can ask of us is not to make your
situation worse than it is today. Frankly speaking, this was the
essence of my recent talks with our partners in Russia. They are
saying this at every level. They have finally closed the
[Qazbegi-Zemo] Larsi checkpoint [border crossing]. They closed it not
only to us but also to neighbouring Armenia whose cargo went through
Larsi. Let’s do some things together, they are saying to Armenia. They
will of course fail to get anyone to agree to this but there are
attempts to put pressure on Armenia too in the context of
Georgia. They have completely closed their market to our wine. They
have closed their market to our products. They have closed their
market to between 90 and 95 per cent of products we export. The
situation is very clear. There are three components [to their policy].
The closure of everything is the first. Their satellite parties in
Georgia are the second. These parties have different names but it is
very easy to identify them. The people who are saying that the
Georgian authorities have closed the [Russian] wine market to the
Kakheti farmers are representatives of Russia. The people who are
saying that the Georgian authorities are unable to have the Qazbegi
checkpoint opened are representatives of Russia. Unlike some of my
predecessors, I am not talking about Kremlin agents and KGB agents and
so on. The people who echo these decision makers’ call for the
Georgians to moan that the closure of the border is the fault of this
government, that the closure of the market is the fault of this
government are their main allies in Georgia. It is these people and
the media outlets disseminating this. These networks will soon start
propagating views that the problems with the harvest are the fault of
the government.
“Predators”
No-one has ever succeeded by being a slave. I assure you of
this. No-one has ever achieved anything by bowing their head. No-one
has ever managed to restore their county’s territorial integrity or
create a proper economy by kissing someone else’s feet. Only self
respecting countries, countries like Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and
Latvia, which went through exactly the same problems and yet have
become Europe’s most successful economies, can succeed. I do not want
to name a number of other countries which do everything to please
these forces but nevertheless are beggars, as poor as they have always
been.
Therefore, our approach, my friends, is very simple. When will the
Russian wine market open? I can say this openly. They are
listening. There are 12 institutes in Moscow recoding every speech of
mine. I would like to say to spite them that as soon as they are
certain that Georgia hasn’t collapsed the Russian wine market will
open. [Passage omitted]
At a recent meeting Russian diplomats said they were surprised we were
not begging them over wine. We know that wine is a big problem for
us. Do you think they will open the market if we talk to them about
wine? They will conclude that they are doing the right thing and
should push even harder because these people have predator
instincts. They will eat you up if they smell blood. On the other
hand, every predator backs off when it senses that you are strong.
This is a predator instinct. Attempts to talk to a predator, persuade
it or make it feel remorse are in vain. A predator has no
conscious. It is guided by animal instincts. It respects power and it
knows who is afraid of it and who is not. Our task today is to say,
without any excess rhetoric, swearing or insults, that we shall do
what we have to do no matter what.
I would like to tell you that this year we have already had a nearly
50 per cent mechanical rise in exports to every country but
Russia. [As heard] If we manage to double the growth next year we will
reach the 2005 figures. Next year, we will be able to reach the 2005
figures, the highest figures since independence. This year we can
reach the 20m bottle mark. This is the figure for 2004, the first year
after the revolution. If we, together, overcome these problems this
year, if on our television they do not see – and I want to tell our
farmers, the farmers in Kakheti, brothers, we will have problems this
year. We will have problems because this was their plan. Their plan
however was to cause not just problems but a total
catastrophe. [Passage omitted]
Asks businesses to help out farmers
There is another thing I would like you to do. We should all help
Kakheti this year. I’d like you to do this. Where is [Tbilisi Mayor]
Gigi Ugulava? Come here, please. We are here in a beautiful
vineyard. I came with my bodyguards.
There also is a new police station in Sagarejo. This is very good. A
decision has been taken to – I have told you that no-one is forcing
you to do anything and no-one is threatening you. The state no longer
extorts money. I would like to extort little bit of money from you
today, for the first and the final time. I propose that your
companies buy 10,000 tonnes of grapes each in Kakheti this year. You
can feed it to your staff or make wine out of it and put your
companies’ names on it. Ugulava has a proposal.
[Ugulava] We have decided that the Mayor’s Office will buy twice as
much as the companies present here. [Passage omitted]
[Saakashvili] I should also tell you that an economic war has been
declared against us. This is nothing but an economic war. This is not
an ordinary situation. An economic war has been declared on us to make
us weak now so that they do not lose a bigger war later. Therefore, we
are setting up a kind of military command centres. I am instructing
[Zurab] Noghaideli, the prime minister, to coordinate rtveli [grape
harvest] in Kakheti. We have assigned ministers to four main
districts, five to be precise, Sagarejo, Gurjaani, Telavi, Qvareli and
Sighnaghi. There are problems with [the sale of] grapes in other
places too but these are affected more than others. We have assigned
ministers, Noghaideli, [Mikheil] Svimonishvili, the agriculture
minister, Vano Merabishvili, the interior minister, Irakli
Okruashvili, the defence minister and Zurab Adeishvili, the
prosecutor-general. Each of them is responsible for one district. The
government is not taking anything and is not setting the prices.
We cannot introduce military communism but we will give tractors to
people free of charge, we will assist in organizational issues and we
will facilitate the provision of loans by private banks to plants so
that the loss we incur in this year’s rtveli is as small as
possible. We will incur a loss but we must not make the enemy
happy. We must not let the enemy achieve its goal. They should see
that they are dealing with an organized nation as during the energy
crises. [Passage omitted]
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Agassi’s swansong extended after five-set thriller
Veteran American overcomes Marcos Baghdatis in five-set thriller
Staff and agencies
Friday September 1, 2006
_Guardian Unlimited_ ()
Andre Agassi extended his career by at least another match after
overcoming Marcos Baghdatis in a five-set marathon.
The 36-year-old raced to a two-set and four-game lead as the Cypriot
battled with cramp and a sore wrist, but Baghdatis then rallied to
take the second-round match into a final-set decider. However, Agassi,
who will retire after this tournament, showed his experience to win
6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5 after nearly four hours of play.
The American had received an injection of cortisone prior to the match
to help ease his chronic back pain, although it was 21-year-old
Baghdatis who seemed to suffer more during the match, finally
succumbing to exhaustion in the fifth set. “In the fourth set it
wasn’t my back getting tight it was my throat and my breathing,” said
Agassi. “I just fought hard and to see someone struggle so hard
physically at the end was not an ideal way for such a high-standard
game of tennis to end. I felt so good today and what a time to feel
it!”
Baghdatis said he wasn’t surprised that he had suffered with cramp
while Agassi, 15 years his senior, had not. He said: “It wasn’t
physical: I think it was about stress. It’s not easy. You have to
control yourself. Andre has more experience than me, so maybe that’s
why.”
Agassi, who will face German Benjamin Becker in the third round,
added: “It’s a guy like that that makes it easier to walk away from
the game because you see what kind of hands it’s in. He’s just a true
professional with a lot of style and a lot of charisma and a lot of
talent.” When asked whether he thought his body would recover in time
for the match, he said: “I can give it three, four hours, but
afterwards I just don’t know what to expect anymore. It’s just not
getting easier.”
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister comments on the roadmap of the Karabakh
conflict settlment

ArmRadio.am
01.09.2006 13:47
`Now it’s an appropriate time to resolve the Nagorno Karabakh issue,
since many of the questions have been agreed upon,’ Foreign Minister
of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov responded to the question about the
`roadmap’ voiced by US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group Matthew Bryza,
`Trend’ agency reports. `
However, we should continue negotiation on the most complex issues,’
the Minister said. He said the `roadmap’ envisages several methods of
signing the probable agreement. `I do not consider these are new
principles in the negotiation process,’ Mammadyarov mentioned.
Turning to the opportunity of sending Azerbaijani peacekeepers to
Lebanon, the Foreign Minister noted that the question needs more
investigation. `It’ necessary to find out what is the situation in
Lebanon, since the issue of the peacekeepers’ mandate has not been
finally settled. I can’t say whether Azerbaijan will send its
peacekeepers or not, but the question is being discussed,’ Elmar
Mammadyarov said.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Turkish government submits resolution to parliament to send soldiers
to Lebanon
AP Worldstream; Sep 01, 2006

Turkey’s government on Friday submitted a resolution to parliament to
send peacekeepers to Lebanon despite public opposition to the
deployment.

The parliament is expected to vote on the resolution Tuesday.

Many Turks fear that their soldiers could end up facing hostile fire
or could clash with their fellow Muslims. But Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan offered assurances that Turkish soldiers taking part in
the U.N. peacekeeping mission would not be disarming Hezbollah
militants.

According to the resolution, Turkey would contribute an unspecified
number of troops, a navy task force, support allied countries in air
and sea shipments, and help train Lebanese army troops.

Europe, the United States and Israel are all eager to see peacekeepers
from Muslim Turkey in Lebanon, in the hopes that strong Muslim
participation would avoid any impression in Lebanon that the
U.N. peacekeepers are primarily a Christian, European force.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 1 2006

ROBERT KOCHARYAN: DEMOCRATIC STATE STRUCTURE OF ARTSAKH TO SECURE
PEACEFUL AND JUST SETTLEMENT OF KARABAKH CONFLICT
YEREVAN, September 1. /ARKA/. Stabile and democratic state structure
of Artsakh is a necessary guarantee for peaceful and just settlement
of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, according to the President of
Armenia Robert Kocharyan’s message of congratulation to people of NKR
on the occasion of 15th anniversary of state independence of
Nagorno-Karabakh.
Congratulating people of NKR and wishing them peace and progress,
Kocharyan noted in the message that people of Artsakh have made their
choice, protecting their national rights in the war imposed on them.
`Free and powerful Karabakh is the most significant memorial to
immortal heroes of liberation fight of Artsakh’, the message says.
Kocharyan also emphasized that the duty of Armenia and Armenians all
over the world was to contribute to the development and strengthening
of Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as to its international recognition.
On September 2, 2006, Nagorno-Karabakh to celebrate 15th anniversary
of its independence.
On September 2, 1991, joint session of the Nagorno-Karabakh regional
and Shahumnyan regional Councils was held in Stepanakert, which on
basis of national will adopted Declaration on declaring independence
of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. S.P. –0–
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Baku Sun, Azerbaijan
Sept 1 2006
EU sends warning to Baku
By Ahto Lobajaks

BRUSSELS – European Commission officials have confirmed that European
Neighborhood Policy `action plans’ have been successfully negotiated
with Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia and now await member-state
approval.
The `action plans’ establish the priorities the EU and the South
Caucasus countries involved want to jointly tackle in the course of
the next five years.
However, the announcement of the completion of the action plans was
overshadowed by a stark warning from the commission to Georgia and
Azerbaijan to stop increasing their military budgets.
Strong sentiments
In an unusually strongly worded speech, delivered at a conference in
Slovenia on August 28, the EU’s external relations commissioner,
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, observed that `defense expenditure in the
region is going through the roof.’ A commission official who asked
not to be identified said the particular objects of EU concern are
Georgia and Azerbaijan. Ferrero-Waldner noted in her speech that
increases in defense expenditure send a negative message in terms of
resolving the region’s conflicts. The commissioner also says such
increases are unjustifiable in countries that are `in desperate need
of investment in education, health, and small businesses.’ The
commissioner also criticized leaders in the region for their
`inflammatory rhetoric.’ She also noted there has been `little or no
progress’ toward settling the conflicts in Abkhazia, South Ossetia,
and Nagorno-Karabakh.
EU on the way
Ferrero-Waldner, together with representatives of the EU’s current
Finnish presidency, will visit the Caucasus in early October to mark
the adoption of the `action plans.’
A commission official said the delivery of the plans would not in
itself be conditional on defense cuts.
But the official underlined Ferrero-Waldner’s concerns, noting her
speech also says `resolving or at least de-escalating the conflicts
must be the first priority’ for the EU’s European Neighborhood
Policy.

Zaman Online, Turkey
Sept 1 2006

I am not Comfortable with . . .
ALI H. ASLAN
Who supports sending Turkish troops to Lebanon in Washington and who
opposes it? And on what grounds? This week, let’s try to find out
some answers to these questions.
American officials say they would be happy to see Turkish troops in
Lebanon, pointing to our military’s success in UN and NATO
peacekeeping operations. It’s not that they are not troubled by
Ankara’s getting too cordial with Syria and Iran lately, and
directing harsh criticisms at Israel and the United States, last but
not the least during the Lebanon war. Nonetheless, they find it
useful that similarly skeptical Israel does not and can not do
without Turkey.
U.S diplomats are guided by one other important motive, that is to
protect Condoleezza Rice from the neocon lobby’s wrath, who push hard
to make her a scapegoat over the failures in Lebanon and Iran’s
nuclear program. Dr. Rice is the chief architect of UN Resolution
1071. She and her State Department will score points at every step
taken in that direction.
Neocons? I am sure they are praying for minimum troop contribution to
the peacekeeping force, just to see Rice embarrassed and to make sure
UN, which they dislike, don’t be an obstacle to Israel in Lebanon!
Why should neocons be content with deployment of a force which
refrains from disarming Hezbollah and operates under the command of
`Old Europe’? Especially if that force includes Turkish forces as
well under the directions of JDP (Justice and Development Party)
administration, which they have categorized as `Islamofascists’
aligned with Syria, Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Ihvan (Muslim
Brotherhood) movement?
Thankfully, director of the Turkey Research Program at the Washington
Institute (WINEP), Soner Cagaptay, who has recently been doing
immensely shooting at the JDP administration, helps us understand the
neocon and the Israeli lobby lines. In articles published by the
Daily Star and the Jerusalem Post, Cagaptay characterized sending
Turkish troops to Lebanon as `dangerous’. Here is his basic line in
short: `Islamist JDP can’t be trusted. Should there be another
skirmish in Lebanon, they would favor Syria-Iran-Hezbollah axis”.
I asked Robert Satloff, Executive Director of WINEP, whether
Cagaptay’s views reflected their institution’s official position.
Satloff said they don’t have an institutional view on the issue, but
he respected Cagaptay’s article. `If Syrians are welcoming it
(Turkish troops deployment .A.H.A.), I think we should have serious
questions about the wisdom of it.’ he added. Looks like positive
statements by the Syrian government about the Turkish troops
deployment raised serious doubts among some
more-pro-Israel-than-Israel Americans . They oppose Turkey’s troop
contribution even though Israel has officially asked for it.
As for the Pentagon, likewise, one cannot say the leadership of that
institution is in love with Ankara. Israel’s friends at the Pentagon
and civilian neocon officials must have as many questions in their
minds as those working at WINEP. Thus, The Pentagon does not exert so
much pressure on the Turkish General staff as it did during the March
1 parliamentary motion process, when they requested Turkey to open up
a Northern front against Iraq in the war.. So, if Turkish commanders
have some reservations about sending troops to Lebanon and they
convey them to the civilian government, Pentagon won’t be too much
surprised or offended.
Among the most ardent opponents of the deployment of Turkish troops
in Lebanon are The Armenian and Greek lobbies. The Armenian National
Committee of America (ANCA) and the American Hellenic Institute (AHI)
sent separate letters to U.S President George W. Bush to express
their objections. The Kurdish lobby also supports Armenian and Greek
lobbies, silently but surely, because every thing which makes U.S.
grateful for Turkey would not only narrow the scope of Armenian and
Greek lobbies but also make the realization of Kurdist ambitions in
both Northern Iraq and Southeastern Turkey more difficult.
Why are some people (in Turkey), seemingly worried about the fate of
Turkish troops in Lebanon, opposing an attempt that might help
enhance US support to the fight against PKK, which is still killing
many sons of this land? I sense that once again national interests
are being abandoned in favor of domestic politics. At the expense of
the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which secured some of Turkey’s
vital interests, power brokers in the state establishment who dislike
religious people distanced themselves from the March 1 motion just to
make sure U.S writes off the ruling JDP. Now the same groups are
opposing possible deployment of Turkish troops in Lebanon.. Those who
do not want to see Erdogan as the president, are eager to weaken his
hand prior to meeting with President Bush. They don’t care about
Turkey’s strategic losses in the Middle East or the tactical losses
with the fight against PKK.
Don’t get me wrong, I do not question the aims and sincerity of
everyone who disapproves of Turkish troop deployment in southern
Lebanon. For instance, a retired American ambassador, whom I have
great respect for his views, expressed his concerns to me, regarding
this issue. People with good intentions both in Turkey and in the U.S
are might be coming up with different interpretations. A former
senior US government official, on the other hand, told me that he
favors sending Turkish troops to Lebanon.
Frankly, on this particular subject, I wouldn’t be comfortable with
being on the same side with Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, neocon lobbies,
Israeli right, and President Ahmet Necdet Sezer. But if you want to
do that, I can’t say anything, that’s your choice…
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Los Angeles Times
Sept 1 2006

Killer of Turkish Diplomat in Los Angeles in 1982 Loses Parole Bid
>From the Associated Press
September 1, 2006
A man convicted for the 1982 murder of a Turkish diplomat in Westwood
was denied parole Thursday.
Harry Sassounian, 43, will not be eligible for parole again until
2010, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County
district attorney’s office.
Sassounian’s attorney, Mark Geragos, said he didn’t view Thursday’s
decision as a setback, arguing that it is rare for parole to be
granted on the first try.
“The parole commissioners were very complimentary of his chances next
time around,” Geragos said in a telephone interview.
Turkish Consul General Kemal Arikan was killed Jan. 28, 1982, while
stopped at a traffic signal. Sassounian was 19 at the time. A second
gunman was never caught.
In 2000, a federal appeals court upheld Sassounian’s murder
conviction but overturned the special-circumstance conviction, which
alleged that Arikan was killed because of his nationality.
A jail informant testified that Sassounian told him he killed the
54-year-old diplomat as revenge for the deaths of about 1.5 million
Armenians at the hands of Turks late in the 19th century and early in
the 20th century.
The reversal threw out Sassounian’s sentence of life in prison
without parole.
Prosecutors later agreed to drop plans to retry Sassounian on the
special-circumstance allegation, allowing him a chance at parole in
exchange for his denouncing of terrorism.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

TREND Information, Azerbaijan
Sept 1 2006

Azeri FM Comments on `Road Plan’ of Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

Source: Trend
Author: A.Ismayilova

01.09.2006

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that as there
many issues have been agreed on, now is the right time to solve the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Trend reports. He was commenting on the
alleged `road plan’, mentioned by the U.S. Ambassador Matthew Bryza,
the OSCE Minks Group Co-chair.
`However we should still continue talks on the more difficult
issues,’ the Minister stressed.
Mammadyarov said that the plan involves defining the methods on the
possible signing of an agreement. `I do not regard it as a new
principle of the negotiation process.’
With regards to the opportunities for dispatching the Azerbaijani
peacemakers to Lebanon, the Minister said that the issue should be
studied separately. `It is necessary to define the situation in
Lebanon, as the question concerning the mandate of peacemakers has
not been solved yet. I cannot say that Azerbaijan will dispatch its
peacemakers there, but we are dealing with the issue,’ Mammadyarov
stated.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

NA MUST BE RESPONDENT IN THE CC
Anna Israelian
Aravot.am
31 Aug 06
Chairman of the Constitutional Court Gagik Haroutiunian considers
this version more reasonable.
It is known that the first personal application the CC decided
to examine was Artak Zeinalian’s. Why was the examination of that
application appointed in November?
We haven’t started any examination in August as the NA was on holiday
and our courts as well. The law provides 9 months for the examination
of that case.
NA chairman Tigran Torosian informed during the latest press
conference that the CC had recognized the NA respondent for 7 cases
about constitutionality of laws and predicted that number of such
packages could be added. Na chairman didn’t know whether the NA would
be respondent for all that kind of cases or the government also must
be respondent in the CC. What is your opinion?
First of all they shouldn’t worry about the quantity of
applications. We should examine how it is displayed in
other countries. For example in Germany, 2-3% of personal
applications include issues of constitutionality and become point of
examination. Such applications are 3-5% in Czechia and Slovakia, 5-8%
in Russia. 10-11 from 112 applications is about constitutionality
in Armenia, that is 9-10%. First of all we must examine why that
percent is so high. I connect it with the accumulated problems,
first of all: CC didn’t have that power before, the citizen wasn’t
able to turn and a lot of issues have been accumulated. Only 10%
of our personal applications contents problems of constitutionality,
and NA different commissions have connection with those issues.
And if each commission once in three months is able to be respondent at
the CC, nothing strange will happen. Irrespective of the fact how the
law will be changed, will it remain the same or won’t, Constitutional
Court make the final decree in every country for recognizing the
respondent side. The law can’t determine, this is the respondent
side. As every case has its specificity and the court must decide
who must answer.
You think the NA must be respondent in the CC but the NA chairman
thinks that problem may be impossible to solve in the framework of
NA committees.
Na thinks there aren’t enough powers to provide for applications. The
parliament itself decides who will represent in the CC, and they
can send only three persons. That can be either the chief of the
commission, deputy chief or its member, or a certain advocate. The
problem is to choose the right way. The president of the country and
the parliament in Russia and many other countries have their permanent
representatives in the CC during the examination of all cases as the
examination of each case deal with the public authority. When the
NA tries to find any solution, it must think how to improve further
legislative activities.