On January 29, at its sitting chaired by Hrair Karapetyan, the Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs, RA Parliament, discussed and approved the bill on Legal Regime of Emergency Situations.

The press service of the RA Parliament told NEWS.am Armenia now needs a law that would regulate the restrictions on fundamental human rights and freedoms in case of emergency situations in the country.

The only instance a state of emergency was declared in Armenia was on March 1, 2008.
The Opposition claimed the then President Robert Kocharyan had violated the law. Now, therefore, the authorities are trying to validate the emergency regime.

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