  Heritage proposes to appeal Armenian citizens’ voting restrictions abroad August 29, 2012 - 17:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage opposition party’s parliamentary group head Ruben Hakobyan filed a note to Armenia's human rights defender Karen Andreasyan proposing to appeal in Constitutional Court Article 60 of Electoral Code as unconstitutional. Heritage noted that under Article 30 of the Constitution, each Armenian citizen of legal age has right to elect and be elected; whereas under Article 60 of Electoral Code, diplomats and their family members outside of Armenia on the polling day have the right to vote, in contrast to other RA citizens abroad, the party’s press service reported. According to Heritage, Article 60 of Electoral Code bans other RA citizens from exercising their constitutional right. Partner news  Top stories Nalbandian drew the co-chairs’ attention to ongoing military rhetoric of Azerbaijan, which undermines possibility for peaceful settlement. Tigran Sargsyan: the authorities will do the utmost in the coming 4-5 years to ensure favorable conditions for the people. Members of all parliamentary groups, PM, Energy Minister and the chair of the Public Services Regulatory Commission were invited to participate. Vahan Hovhannisyan voiced hope that the ruling authorities acknowledge the difficulties Armenia currently faces.   Partner news |  Latest news International Arts Education Week ongoing in Armenia  Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova noted the program as a unique event reporting the achievements in the field.WB to support electronic control system launch in Prosecutor’s Office Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan met World Bank Country Manager for Armenia Jean-Michel Happi.Armenian-French decentralized cooperation conference due in fall Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with French ambassador Henri Reynaud.Google reportedly mulls buying map-software provider Waze Google has a widely used mapping tool and could adopt Waze’s technology to add social features to the software. |
