DISCUSSION ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES HELD
Support A1+!Today the UN Development Program initiated a recurrent discussion on the lobbying activities. This time the working group has invited to the discussion the public organizations dealing with women’s issues.
Co-author of the most debatable laws of the Armenian reality, Deputy Minister of Justice Ashot Abovyan took part in the discussion.
Many participants wondered whether the elaboration of such a bill is actual, when there is no law regulating the lobbying activities, and by whose order the issue is being discussed. “The creation of law is a pubic demand”, Ashot Abovyan said. “In some 10 years the lobbyists will form a chamber and like the chamber of lawyers will be become a self-regulated body. Before this the Justice Ministry is likely to form a commission on the lobbying ethics to protects the interests of the lobbyists and at the same time the interests of the people.
Lobbyism is a simple propaganda carried out especially during the election campaign of a candidate. The RA Constitution is the organic law of our country and the agitation for the upcoming referendum can serve as a perfect example of lobbyism.
To note, the bill contains a clause according to which only a citizen of RA can be a lobbyist.
