NA may discuss protocols in 2011
Today National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan told Heritage MP Armen Martirosyan that the Armenian-Turkish Protocols remain in the NA agenda.
"The Protocols have been removed from the four-day session agenda only," said Mr. Abrahamyan.
"I see legal uncertainty here. The suspension of the ratification process implies that the protocols should be removed from the agenda and remitted to the presidential residence, ARF MP Arstvik Minasyan told A1+. "An initiative cannot be left on the NA agenda if its author finds its discussion useless for the time being."
"The suspension of the protocols is a formality, which does not eliminate the risks of the documents. Withdrawal from the talks is advantageous to our authorities. The best solution is to throw the documents into the waste paper basket," advised Mr. Minasyan.
According to the NA statute, a bill is put to the vote if it remains on the agenda for three consecutive sessions. The Armenian-Turkish Protocols will likely be discussed in the National Assembly in autumn 2011, if they are not removed from the agenda by then.
