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    ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MPS CALL FOR SNAP ELETCTION, SWITCHOVER TO PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/02/28/ruben-hakobyan/
    11:16 ~U 28.02.13

    Senior parliamentarians from the opposition Armenian Revolutionary
    Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) and the Heritage party have submitted
    a draft decision for a snap parliamentary election and the adoption
    of the parliamentary system.

    The bill, tabled by Ruben Hakobyan and Armen Roustamyan, the leaders
    of both parliamentary factions, is to be included into a special
    session agenda as a basis for debating the post-electoral processes.

    The proposal is pending approval by lawmakers of the ruling Republican
    Party of Armenia.

    Speaking to Tert.am, Hakobyan said that the document specifies
    three basic demands: drastic reforms in the Electoral Code and snap
    parliamentary polls within a year, a constitutional referendum for
    switchover to the parliamentary system (within two years), and control
    leverages for the opposition.

    "The drastic reforms in the Electoral Code, particularly the adoption
    of the 100 percent proportional representation system, is the key
    question at issue," Hakobyan said, referring to ARF-D's 11-clause
    package sent to the Venice Commission last year.

    Members of both parliamentary factions worked jointly on the document
    in the past two days in response to an earlier proposal by NA President
    Hovik Abrahamyan for considering the post-electoral developments with
    united efforts.

    "The constitutional referendum will address the transition to the
    parliamentary form of government, which stems from the keynote
    proposals of both parties," Hakobyan explained.

    As for the leverages for the opposition, Hakobyan said they are
    expected cover all the sectors exercising control functions and
    maintaining contact with the National Assembly.

    "This practice is by the way applied in many democratic countries
    across the globe," Hakobyan added.

    Asked whether the Heritage party's leader, Raffi Hovhannisyan, will
    accept the election outcome and stop holding protest rallies in case
    the parliamentary majority approves all the proposals, Hakobyan said
    the two questions have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

    "The political campaign is absolutely unrelated to that. That's just a
    debate inside the parliament about the kinds of things the legislative
    can do within its competences," Hakobyan noted.




    From: A. Papazian
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