Armenian citizens entitled to submit petitions to government agencies
21.12.2017,
16:37
The parliament of Armenia has passed today in the second and final reading a set of amendments to the Law on Petitions and some other relating laws, which vest citizens of Armenia with the right to submit petitions to central and local self-government bodies and other government agencies about shortcomings in their performance or raise issues of public interest.
YEREVAN, December 21 /ARKA/. The parliament of Armenia has passed today in the second and final reading a set of amendments to the Law on Petitions and some other relating laws, which vest citizens of Armenia with the right to submit petitions to central and local self-government bodies and other government agencies about shortcomings in their performance or raise issues of public interest.
"Now every citizen of the country will be able to submit a petition to the state structures considering improvement of economic, political, social and public life of their community and receive an answer, which is also legally required," deputy justice minister Artur Hovhannisyan said.
The amendments specify the rights of applicants, the powers of state and local self-government bodies and officials, the procedure for filing a petition, the registration and publication of a petition, challenging inaction of state and local self-government bodies and other normative acts. -0-
"Now every citizen of the country will be able to submit a petition to the state structures considering improvement of economic, political, social and public life of their community and receive an answer, which is also legally required," deputy justice minister Artur Hovhannisyan said.
The amendments specify the rights of applicants, the powers of state and local self-government bodies and officials, the procedure for filing a petition, the registration and publication of a petition, challenging inaction of state and local self-government bodies and other normative acts. -0-
