A TWO-CHAMBER PARLIAMENT WITH DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES ON THE TABLE

At a recent meeting with Armenian community representatives in California, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan introduced President Serzh Sargsyan’s initiative to make the Armenian Parliament a two-chamber body.
Addressing the issue, the Minister said such structure would increase the Diaspora’s involvement in Armenia’s decision-making processes. “We currently seek to amend the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia to make the Parliament a two-chamber body consisting of upper and lower houses. The upper house is the senate which should be composed of Diaspora representatives as well. I saw today California Armenians’ enthusiasm over the idea,” Hakobyan stated to Tert.am.
“The President’s first step in that direction was the decision to create a Diaspora Ministry, which later elaborated a serious policy to reinforce the Diaspora communities’ ties with their homeland. The second step was the introduction of the dual citizenship system. And the initiative to create an upper House in Parliament is actually our third step which will enable the Diaspora to have its say in our state government system and policy making procedures,” she added.

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