Armenian parliament holding special session
At the initiative of the government, the Armenian National Assembly has convened an extraordinary session on Monday. The second reading of some of the issues on the agenda will be held within 24 hours after the first reading.
Addressing the parliament, Deputy Minister of Finance Armen Hayrapetyan said 12 items are on agenda of the session, proposing to debate 10 of them by a special procedure.
"5 of the issues are those that were not discussed at the special parliament session held on June 16 and are proposed to be debated today as agreed between the government and National Assembly,” the official said.
“The second group of bills concerns the legislative issues in handling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. There are three such bills on the agenda. While the third group of issues refer to the immediate settlement of legislative gaps and uncertainties," he added.