On February 19, the next sitting of the RA NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs moderated by Hovhannes Sahakyan was convened.
The RA Minister of Justice Arpine Hovhannisyan presented the first item out of the three ones included in the agenda of the sitting. She substantiated the amendments envisaged by the RA draft law “On Amending the RA Criminal-Executive Code.”
The speaker Hovhannes Sahakyan positively assessed the draft law and noted that, as a result of the adoption of the draft law, the requirements of numerous international documents will also be preserved.
The RA draft law “On Amending the RA Criminal-Executive Code” with the endorsement of the Committee members will be included in the draft laws of the agendas of the NA spring session and the upcoming four-day sittings.
Afterwards the bill “On Amending the RA law “On Amending the RA law Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly” authored by the NA deputy Tevan Poghosyan was debated. This bill was also endorsed and will be included in the draft agenda of the NA four-day sittings.
The debate of the draft law “On Amending the RA Civil Code” authored by the NA deputies Tevan Poghosyan, Elinar Vardanyan, Naira Zohrabyan, Armen Rustamyan, Stepan Demirchyan, Edmon Marukyan, Gagik Jhangiryan and Heghine Bisharyan was postponed up to one year.