YEREVAN, JULY 3, NOYAN TAPAN. The adoption of the legislative package of the government, which envisaged to make amendments and addenda in the RA valid laws on "Television and Radio" and "State Duty", failed at the special session of the RA National Assembly held on July 3. 63 MPs voted "for" and 2 "abstaining" for the adoption of the bills by the second reading, whereas, in order to adopt a decision, at least 66 MPs should have taken part in the ballot. 26 out of 91 registered MPs did not take part in the ballot. Zharangutiun (Heritage) and Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) factions, as well as some independent MPs and members of the RPA and ARF Dashnaktsutiun factions were among them. Only 4 out of 16 MPs of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun faction were present at the sitting and only two of them took part in the ballot: one of them voted "for" the package and the other voted "abstaining". Alvard Petrosian, a member of the ARF Dashnaktsutiun faction and Davit Haroutiunian, a member of the RPA faction and the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on state-legal issues voted "abstaining" for the package of the bills. It should also be mentioned that the government suggested that the activities of other broadcasting organizations should be prohibited on the frequencies used by the Public Radio and Television company.

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