CHANGES IN “RA LAW ON CONDUCTING MEETINGS, RALLIES, MARCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS”
Yesterday the National Assembly held an extraordinary session and by 90 for and 6 against votes the proposal to conduct changes and amendments in the RA law on “conducting meetings, rallies, marches, and demonstrations” was accepted by the second reading. By the proposal of Artak Davtyan the law will come into enforcement the next day it is officially published, instead of ten day later variant.
The project was presented by Rafik Petrosyan. He said that March 1 events predicted that the law is not a perfect one and it some amendments should be held to avoid the mistakes.
It is particularly stated that the authorized bodies are illegible to forbid the mass meetings if, according to a verified source, they aim to break the constitutional order, create national, rational, religious disruption, violence, harm the state security. According to the document, those facts can be considered as verified if there is an official conclusion made by the Police or National Security.
The authorized bodies can forbid holding collective meetings, if in the result of one hold there are murders and other criminal cases, and the authorized bodies should start the investigation and accuse the guilties.