IN PROTECTION OF PUBLIC INTERESTS
Support A1+!It turns out that both the authorities and the Opposition voted in favour of the Armenian residents during the hearings of the draft law on «Alienation of Property for State and Public Needs».
Today the Friday Club hosted Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on legal issues and member of the Republican Party and Vardan Mkrtchyan, member of National Democratic Party.
To note, Mr. Petrosyan voted for the bill and Mr. Mkrtchyan voted against the bill but both of them voted in the name of the people in their words. Mr. Petrosyan didn't deny that the bill has a number of faults. «I was guided by the principle, «it is better to have a law with flaws than nothing».
In his opinion all the drawbacks can be revised in case the law complies with the Constitution. Mr. Petrosyan also referred to the provisions of the law protecting the interests of the residents of the alienated territories.
«All the former decisions under which the residents were evicted have been considered void».
Thus, the decisions on the alienated territories might be reconsidered. The residents can appeal to courts to review the decisions and to get back 10 percent income tax levied from them», said Mr. Petrosyan.
In his words, if the citizens can prove in the court that they were forced to make the bargain, they were cheated and led to delude, the decisions will be found null and void.
Mr. Mkrtchyan claims that the Constitutional amendments were fabricated. Asked the question why the society accepts the fabricated Constitution, Mr. Mkrtchyan said, «Regardless of the fact, we endorse or reject the amendments, the Constitution is the fundamental law of the country and we must be guided by it».
Mr. Petrosyan is content with the acting Constitution. He voices hope that all the faults of the bill on «Alienation of Property for State and Public Needs» will be reviewed by the CC. He doesn't intend to join the deputies who are going to boycott the bill in the CC as he voted for the bill.
