Revised Constitution: NA to elect Prosecutor General, CB chairmanAugust 5, 2015 - 13:55 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Special Commission for Constitutional Reforms published a preliminary draft of chapters 1-15 of the Constitution for public discussion on the official website of the Ministry of Justice. 8 more chapters have been added to the previously announced 7 chapters, which have also been amended. The fifth chapter of the constitution states that the President of the country can be elected for a 7-year period (instead of the current 5) and can serve only one term (instead of the current two). The council of electors, consisting of members of the parliament and an equal number of representatives of self-governing bodies will elect the President. According to the 4th chapter of the amended Constitution, no less than 101 members can be elected into the parliament (instead of the current 131) for a 5-year period on a proportional electoral system (instead of the current proportional and majoritarian systems). Chapter 8 of the Constitution establishes that the National Assembly appoints the Prosecutor General, who can run no more than two terms of six years each. The parliament can also dismiss the Prosecutor General. According to chapter 9 on local self-governing bodies, community heads and councils of elders are elected for a 5-year period (instead of the current four). The 14th chapter of the draft Constitution refers to the Central Bank, the chairman of which is elected by the National Assembly for no more than two terms of six years each. Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | About 173 million drams and more than 30 beneficiary funds. "The Power of One Dram" is 4 years old In June 2020, the exclusive joint corporate social responsibility initiative of Idram and IDBank "The Power of One Dram" was launched. Aliyev travels to Turkey at Erdogan's invitation On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. CSTO budget “to be adjusted due to Yerevan’s non-payment of contributions” The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. |