On April 3 the parliamentary coalition forces discussed and voted down legislation proposed by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) (ARFD), the ARF member Artsvik Minasyan told reporters.

He pointed out that the ARF(D) proposed amendments to the RA Law on International Agreements, which allowed the Parliament to enter reservations concerning the suspension or termination of agreements. The parliamentary forces also rejected the ARF(D)’s proposal for instituting Patriotism Day.

In this context Minasyan pointed out that the members of the Committee on State and Legal Affairs, as well as the RA Minister of Culture, did not read the works of Garegin Nzhdeh, the Armenian national ideologist, otherwise they would not have proposed to define patriotism first. He reported that, at the ARF(D)’s instance, the RA Parliament will hold a special session. “We hope that some of the Parliament members representing the ruling coalition will realize the importance of the issues, and our bill be put on the agenda,” Minasyan said.

T.P.