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Arusyak Julhakyan, chair of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, has proposed giving National Assembly factions more opportunities to hold parliamentary hearings. To that end, she plans to discuss a legislative amendment that would allow factions to hold hearings more often without having to circulate draft statements.
Julhakyan presented the proposal at a meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs on 12 November. She raised the issue during a discussion of a draft statement by the Armenia faction on the state of democracy.
“I think we should amend the law to allow factions to hold hearings more often without having to circulate draft statements for that purpose,” Julhakyan said.
The committee chair said the approach could also reduce the workload involved in drafting statements and discussing them in committees.
“To spare factions the trouble of drafting statements and avoid burdening committees with those texts, I will soon propose giving factions more opportunities to hold hearings,” she said.