YEREVAN, JANUARY 13, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Parliament will launch the first 4-day sitting of 2017 on February 6. According to the schedule of the sessions, the other two sittings will be launched on February 27 and March 20. Thus, three sittings will be convened until the April 2 Parliamentary elections.

Taking into consideration the upcoming elections, and the campaigning period launching from March 5, it is difficult to expect a complete Spring sitting, however there are numerous issues on the agenda, several of which will probably be debated in the upcoming sitting’s sessions.

The agenda namely includes the reports of the Prosecutor General, the Ombudsman, and Public Television’s Council, the 2017 activities of the state commission for protection of economic competition and the 2017 activities of the Control Chamber.

PAP faction leader Naira Zohrabyan’s draft announcement on condemning the Yazidi genocide in Iraq remains in the agenda. The announcement failed to be debated after being included in the sessions. The upcoming sittings might include the issue as well.

Overall, 249 issues and 29 international agreements are included in the agenda of the Parliament’s sittings.