PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BREAKS THE LAW

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By exceeding his commission and breaking laws Armen Khachatryan relieved Ashot Tavadyan of his post of Chair for Control Chamber ,- some MPs say.

Today Hmayak Hovhannisyan raised the question on release of the Chair for Control Chamber and election. He said Parliament Speaker has no right to make decisions on that issue by himself . "Parliament parties and groups must discuss issues on both release and election of the Chair for Parliament's Control Chamber" .

Armen Khachatryan said he was guided by laws only "Term of Tavadyan's period of office expired" .

Ashot Tavadyan's thinks otherwise. According to him, the 5-th article of the Constitution was infringed . There is nothing said about office-period term in the Law on Control Chamber which was passed in 1996. Under the changes in the Law made in 1999 term of period of office for the Chamber Chair was made more accurate - 6 years. In the case of Ashot Tavadyan 6 years were counted beginning from 1996. But as Tavadyan thinks, it was to be counted after the time it was passed .

Ashot Tavadyan is sure there were much more serious grounds to relieve him of his post . He said there are infringements regarding the budget execution of the first term of 2002. "Salary and pension volumes are not made more accurate. Some small and medium establishments were privatized at very low prices " ,- he says.

He announces Parliament costs are to be seriously studied before the elections .
"I work and I will keep working. If obstacles are put on my way, I'll appeal to the appropriate bodies" .

If a new Chair for the Chamber is appointed, Tavadyan is ready to let him have it . But he's going to raise the issue on his release not only in the appropriate bodies (court etc) but also will bring it up for discussion in the Parliament .