«One of the guarantees of the independent activity of the CC is the number of the individuals appealing to it. Today we have the status of rara avis», CC member Felix Tokhyan considers. His viewpoint he conditions by the fact that today Armenia is the only state where a physical person cannot appeal to the CC. «Azerbaijan, for example, adopted the institute of individual complaint in 2002», he...

«The necessity of the CC appears in case of adopting a Constitution, which would have immediate power of action. Moreover, it is essential to provide the domination of all the constitutional norms over the rest of normative acts”, specialist of the constitutional right Vardan Poghosyan says. There are Austrian and American models of control over the centralized norms of the CC. According to...

In the opinion of international specialists, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia deals with the solution of moot questions. It is caused not by the scope of its authority but the limited circle of those, who appeal to the CC. Presently the only the President, one third of the total number of deputies, presidential contenders as well as the deputy in case of an argument connected with...

«It's a pity that the authors of the coalition constitution draft are not known and it is incomprehensible who and why has compiled this draft», chairman of the Armenian Center of Assistance to Culture and Strategy Simon Kamsarakan told our reporter. In his words the very idea of the Constitutional Court (CC) is distorted as with an acting constitution the National Assembly or the government can...

In Minsk the next meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of CIS countries took place, in which the RA deputy Foreign Minister Grigor Gharibjanyan' s delegation took part. {BR} One of the main issues for discussion was the course of works of improving and perfectionizing the CIS bodies. Approving of the document presented, a decision was made to continue the process. During the discussion of the...

During the meeting of the Committee “Defending Nagorno Karabakh” the only speech that could be considered more realistic than demanding was made by Albert Bazeyan, head of the “Hanrapetutyun” party. The latter announced that we must keep underlining that we support the peaceful, not military settlement of the conflict. {BR} And the way of peaceful negotiations can succeed only in case of mutual concession. Peaceful negotiations presuppose...

“The Azerbaijani President has accustomed to his role so much that I’m afraid he will not be able to leave it“, Aram Sargsyan, head of the Democratic Party of Armenia announced today about the military announcements of the Azerbaijani President. Aram Sargsyan presided over the discussion organized by the Committee “Defending Nagorno Karabakh”. {BR} Aram Sargsyan, son of Gaspar, thinks that in case of launching war there will be no winning...

Arayik Simonyan, member of the «National Unity» party, expressed his worriedness about the denial of the draft Constitution of his party. Let us remind you that in that variant the priority is given to the presidential way of governing. {BR} «I ask Mr. Torosyan if our draft has a right to live», said Mr. Simonyan. Answering him, Tigran Torosyan said, «As for your variant, it has a right to live. We have renounced capital punishment».

”The opposition will take part in the discussions anticipated by the Venice Committee after the adoption of the draft constitution by the NA”, said today Vardan Pogosyan, head of the non-governmental organization “Democracy”. {BR} During the round table organized by the “Cooperation for open society” Vardan Pogosyan spoke about the problems of the improvement of the governing system in the Constitution. «The power division is not full...

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau issued a press release on March 18 in regard with some statements made by Georgi Gachechiladze, advisor to the Georgian president on international issues, and published in the March 14 issue of the Georgian newspaper Rao-Rao. The release reads: {BR} 1. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation has never sought and does not seek "Georgia's destruction...

”I think this time the referendum of constitutional amendments will be successful”, said Tigran Torosyan, NA deputy president today in a round table organized by “Cooperation for open society”. He informed those present that NA will discuss the three draft constitutions. The further work will continue on the draft chosen as a result of the discussions. {BR} ”What is most important is that...

From Monday, March 21, the unions of lawyers will be dismissed. Since 1998 two unions of lawyers have acted in Armenia, these being the Union of Lawyers headed by Misha Piliposyan and the International Union of Lawyers presided by Tigran Ter-Yesayan. {BR} Today a farewell party was organized in the International Union of Lawyers. Tigran Ter-Yesayan expressed his gratitude to 137, who has worked in...

Today the Commission for Home Affairs, National Security and Defense organized hearings on the criminogenic situation in Armenia. During the hearings Police Chief Hayk Harutyunyan presented a report on the activities of the department headed by him. {BR} Hayk Harutyunyan reported that with the joint efforts of the Armenian police and the Office of Prosecutor General the killing of Tigran Naghdalayan...

The OSCE Minsk Group Fact-Finding Mission has officially presented its report to the OSCE Permanent Council. Armenia appreciates the diligent, hard work of the Minsk Group co-chairs and the members of the Mission. We believe that their detailed, first-hand, objective report clearly describes the situation on the ground in the region.{BR} Armenia is pleased that it was able to facilitate the mission....

«We are responsible for Javakhk», leader of the Republican faction of the Armenian National Assembly Galust Sahakyan stated today. {BR} In his words, in respect to Javakhk Armenia should speak out not at the level of international interference but at the level of international consultations. When commenting on the role and responsibility of the authorities for the upcoming elections head of the...

The Armenian Assembly today noted the Bush Administration's withdrawal of a $1 billion aid offer to Turkey aimed at compensating that country against the negative effects of the war in neighboring Iraq. The funding, which Congress approved following the onset of the war, was contingent on Turkish cooperation in Iraq. {BR} At the request of President Bush, Congress rescinded the proposal since Ankara...

”The Authorities of Georgia and Armenia must take all the measures to solve the urgent problems of the Georgian-Armenian Diaspora, especially those of Javakhk”, this was the announcement of the cooperation “Powerful Homeland – Armenian Democratic Liberal Union”. They consider the wave of complaint risen in Javaxq natural, taking into account the pivot problems concerning the area. {BR} The Cooperation find the development of intergovernmental...

Today Rouben Torosyan, head of the party Human Rights and Democracy had organized a press conference in the NA office, during which he represented the Mass Media his Party Investigations with the theme “Those standing “higher” are not equal to others against the law”. He brought as an example the realization of the requirements of the 4th part of article 30th of the RA Law on Compulsory Military Service. {BR} According to Torosyan, 11 of...

The Democratic party of Armenia is likely to remain without roof, party chairman Aram G. Sargsyan reported during toady's press conference. {BR} The administration of the CJSC Mining and Smelting Institute delivered an ultimatum to quit the territory in 14, Koryun street. According to the government decree, the party has been renting the above-mentioned territory since 1992. In 2003 without warning...

Today the ARFD Youth Union organized a march from the Yerevan State University to the Yerevan EU Office on the occasion of the upcoming 90th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.{BR} Representatives of the Union Mkhitar Margaryan submitted a letter entitled «A call to progressive society» to the EU Office. The letter says that with the burden of the Armenian Genocide Turkey has know right for the EU membership. «We want all the young people...

Interior Ministers from Council of Europe member states are to meet in Warsaw for a conference reviewing new measures at European level to combat terrorism and organised crime (17 and 18 March). {BR} Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski and Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis will open the conference on Thursday 17 March. The ministers will discuss new European standards and...

On 16 March 2005 AEPLAC is presenting the “European Integration Library” series. {BR} This series will be available to a wider audience in Armenia and aims to promote the tie-building and cooperation enhancement process between Armenia and the EU as well as to facilitate awareness raising on the current trends in Armenia within the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy Initiative. The...

Today in the Parliament during the Constitutional discussions the NA deputy president Tigran Torosyan almost shouted several times at Rafik Petrosyan, who was representing the coalition variant of the constitution. The reason was that it was ununderstandable what variant he was representing. {BR} After the mentioning of NA delegate Khachatur Sukiasyan Tigran Torosyan had to remind Rafik Petrosyan...

The Trial of Armen Avetisyan, head of the Armenian Aryan Union, is to take place on March 17. In this connection the members of the Union organized today a press conference. {BR} «We have the aim of carrying out professional struggle, that is - all the articles are discussed one by one and proper reasons for all the charges will be brought», said Melanya Aroustamyan, lawyer of Armen Avetisyan. According...