Friday, July 1 2022 13:13

ArmInfo.The RA NA Civil Contract Faction presented a draft on recalling from office NA Vice President Ishkhan Saghatelyan, as well as on termination of powers of  Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, NA member  Vahe Hakobyan.  As the press service of the RA NA reports, 66 MPs  voted for the decision. 66 MPs out of the NA 107 MPs took part in the  voting.  On July 1, at the NA extraordinary session the Chairman of  the Accounting Committee Narek Babayan informed about this.

Earlier today, presenting the draft decision on Ishkhan Saghatelyan,  MP from the ruling Civil Contract Faction Arusyak Julakyan noted that  Ishkhan Saghatelyan was elected in that office on August 6, 2021. The  Civil Contract Faction voted for his candidacy, respecting the RA  citizens' election. It is designed by the constitutional law the NA  Rules of Procedure that one candidate of 3 NA Vice Presidents can be  nominated only from the number of the opposition MPs included in the  composition of the opposition. Ishkhan Saghatelyan, from January 17  of 2022 until June 29 including, had 198 absent from 342 voting of  the sittings of the first calendar semester of 2022. From the moment  of formation until now, the NA Council convened 25 sittings, Ishkhan  Saghatelyan was present only in seven of them. That is, Ishkhan  Saghatelyan has not fulfilled his direct duties. Because of the  Deputy Speaker's frequent absences, it has become impossible to give  assignments and powers by the NA President, as a consequence of which  the provisions set by the constitutional law the NA Rules of  Procedure also were not carried out.

"NA Vice President Ishkhan Saghatelyan does not perform and does not  want to perform the functions reserved to him by the Constitution and  other laws as RA NA Vice President. Taking into consideration the  abovementioned, the Civil Contract Faction, by the adoption of the NA  decision on recalling from office of NA Vice President Ishkhan  Saghatelyan, in future has an aim to elect NA Vice President  nominated by the opposition, who will properly fulfill his/her  duties, providing the normal activities of the National Assembly,"  the rapporteur underlined.

MP Tsovinar Vardanyan wasthe key  speaker on the draft decision of  the National Assembly on the termination of the powers of Vahe  Hakobyan as the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic  Affairs of the National Assembly. Presenting the grounds for  terminating the powers of Vahe Hakobyan as the head of the Committee,  she said that in the first half of this year the Committee held 27  regular and extraordinary meetings. Meanwhile, the head of the  Committee did not participate in the preparation and organization of  meetings, did not chair 11 meetings of the Committee.