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The April 8 sitting of the parliament began with festive mood: the Speaker of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan congratulated all the women and girls on the occasion of the holiday of Maternity and Beauty and wished them all the best. Continuing the festive theme and highlighting the role of the family, the head of the Parliament informed those present about his intention of adding the holidays with the Family Day. He proposed the deputies to join his legislative initiative.

Hovik Abrahamyan in the name of the legislators also welcomed the senior students and teachers of Ararat marz, who visited the parliament within the framework of the Open Lesson initiative.

Turning to the agenda issues the MPs passed by voting all the initiatives, which were debated on the previous day, except the bills, presenting by the MPs of the ARF faction, envisaging addenda and amendments to the laws on International Treaties and NA Rules of Procedure.

Continuing the debates of the bill On Making Addendum to the law on RA 2010 State Budget, the MPs expressed their views about the initiative of extraordinary compensating the money of the veterans of the Great Patriotic War, which was deposited in the USSR Savings Bank. All MPs were for this idea, but there were concerns over the procedures. Artsruni Aghajanyan called on the MPs in the name of the Country of Law faction to pass the initiative of the government. In his final speech the Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan also noticed that their initiative was consonant with the coalition’s proposal.

The parliament debated the draft law On Obligatory Hologram of the DVD and CD Magnetic Carriers Through Control Signs (Stamp Labels) with the proposal of adding the RA Criminal Code.

In his speech the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs Vardan Ayvazyan also shared the author’s concern and the necessity of the legislative regulation.

The Deputy Chairman of the State Revenues Committee Armen Alaverdyan also agreed that the problem existed, and it was especially aggravated during the last years, considering it characteristic to all the states in the transition period. Introducing the government’s viewpoint, the speaker proposed the author to cancel the voting of the issue for 15 days. The debate of the issue will continue at April 8 sitting.

In accordance with the NA Rules of Procedure at the end of the Wednesday sitting the MPs addressed questions to the government members.