Shavarsh Kocharyan appears in bad situation
"You are in a bad situation, since you submitted the law the day before," Gevorg Kostanyan, Chairman of the Commission, said to Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan at the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Human Rights. "The MPs are making reasonable, logical and legal ideas, but you cannot give exhaustive answers," continued Gevorg Kostanyan, urging Shavarsh Kocharyan to include the draft in a big agenda, and then go ahead with discussions until the second reading. Shavarsh Kocharyan was in a hurry, there is no time left, the law must neter into force from April 9, as it is required by the Constitution. "We can go and start working now, but you do not have answers to those questions," said Gevorg Kostanyan. And Shavarsh Kocharyan really did not have answers to the questions and concerns of the MPs about his proposed draft law "On Amendments to the law of the Republic of Armenia on Diplomatic Service". The issues related to the opportunities for diplomatic workers to engage in economic activity, to the ethical norms, to the boundaries of their activities, and to the work and study of family members. With these changes, the position of Deputy Foreign Minister becomes a political post, and the post of the Ambassador becomes administrative. The circle of persons holding diplomatic passports has been edited. If previously four categories of people could get diplomatic posts, now there are three categories left. The full article is available here
