  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.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
