Armenian president signs emergency situation law

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan signed a controversial emergency situation law on Friday, RIA Novosti reports.

In its last 4-day session Armenia’s parliament adopted the bill, despite the opposition’s strong objections.

Vahan Hovhannisyan, Head of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group, believes that the Law on Legal Regime of Emergency Situations may have dangerous consequences, Tetr.am reported previously.

“Unfortunately, our motion remained unheard. We pointed out the need for such task forces, but our demand is that they not be part of the Ministry of Defense. The army must not be involved. They did not listen to us and placed this responsibility on the army, which is unconstitutional,” he said.