The residents of the “reconstruction zones” of the capital who have been deprived of their houses due to “state needs” arrived at the National Assembly building earlier than the deputies. Although the NA sittings start at midday, the former residents of North and Main Avenues, Koghbatsi, Firdusi, and Kozern streets and Dalma and Old Norq gardens gathered near the entrance of the Parliament building at about 10:15 a.m. to exercise “public pressure” upon the deputies in order to prevent the RA draft law on “Alienation of property for state and public needs” from entering the NA agenda.

Let us remind you that during the special session last week the efforts of the oppositional deputies managed to prevent the law from being adopted after the first hearing.

The participants of the protest action are not against the adoption of the law, but they demand to organize Parliamentary hearings so that all the concern sides can represent the strong and weak points of the draft. For example, they have fears that the draft will give the officials a chance to legalize their previous anti-constitutional deeds.

Let us remind you that according to the decision of the Constitutional Court, in several cases the evictions realized contradicted the RA Constitution. That decision gives the former residents of the reconstruction zone a chance to turn to different court structures and even to the European Court of Human Rights.

The participants of the protest action were so angered by the RA draft law on “Alienation of property for state and public needs” that the citizens who have been deprived of their houses due to “state needs” were already planning how to organize «civic disobedience» and to demand the resignation of the Government and Robert Kocharyan himself. By the way, they have informed RA Minister of Justice David Haroutyunyan about their aim; the letter represents the above mentioned draft in the NA.

After the start of the session the participants of the action called their friends inside the building to learn what was going on. There came a moment when they started to congratulate each other: it turned out that the draft was not included in the agenda.