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19.12.2017
RA National Assembly Convenes Extraordinary Sitting
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On December 19, under Article 100 of the RA Constitution and Article 41 of the RA Constitutional Law NA Rules of Procedure, at the initiative of the RA Government, on was convened by the initiator’s established agenda.

The RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan has informed that, according to the RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a number of draft laws have been removed from the draft law of the agenda

Four sittings will be held every day of the extraordinary sitting will be held with one and a half hour duration.

According to the decision adopted by the RA NA, at the NA extraordinary sitting eight legal acts will be debated in a special procedure: the debate of them in the second reading after the first reading will be held in 24 hours, allocating three hours to the debate of each of them.

The RA First Deputy Minister of Justice Artur Hovhannisyan presented the draft law on Amending the RA Criminal Procedure Code and the package of enclosed bills in the first reading.

The Deputy Chair of the RA NA State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights Rustam Makhmudyan presented the endorsement of the Committee and called on the deputies to vote for the package of bills.

During the exchange of thoughts the RA NA Deputy Speaker Mikayel Melkumyan, the deputies Artak Zeynalyan and Gevorg Kostanyan presented their viewpoints on the issue under debate.

The RA First Deputy Minister of Justice presented for debate of the parliament in the first reading the draft law on Amending the RA Civil Procedure Code, the legislative package on Amending the RA Judicial Code, on Making Addendum to the RA Civil Procedure Code, on Amending the Compulsory Enforcement Service of Judicial Acts and on Amending the RA Law on Commercial Arbitration, the draft law on Amending the RA Law on

The NA Deputy Chair of the RA NA State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights Rustam Makhmudyan, the NA Deputy Speaker Mikayel Melkumyan, Tigran Urikhanyan, Gevorg Petrosyan, Artak Zeynalyan, Sergey Bagratyan and Naira Zohrabyan expressed their viewpoints on the bills under debate.

The RA Deputy Minister of Justice Suren Krmoyan presented for debate in the first reading the draft law on Amending the RA Family Code and the package of the draft laws.

The RA Deputy Minister of Energy Sub-Structures and Natural Resources Hayk Harutyunyan presented for debate the legislative package on Energy Saving and Restoring Energy in the first reading.

The RA Deputy Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Boris Demirkhanyan presented for debate in the first reading the draft law on Amending the RA Law on State Duty.

The RA Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot Harutyunyan presented for debate in the first reading the draft law on Making Addendum to the RA Law on Local Self-Government.

The National Assembly will continue the work of the sitting on December 20, at 11:00.


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