The President of the Republic of Armenia sends his/her proposal on declaring amnesty to the Chairperson of the National Assembly.
Within 24 hours after the receipt of the proposal of the President of the Republic of Armenia on declaring amnesty, the Chairperson of the National Assembly sends it to the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly and to the Government, and includes it in the schedule of the forthcoming four-day sitting of the National Assembly.
The proposal of the President of the Republic of Armenia on declaring amnesty is debated at the closed-door meeting of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly, in which Deputies and authorized representatives of the President of the Republic of Armenia and the Prime Minister’s office may participate.
The proposal of the President of the Republic of Armenia on declaring amnesty is debated at the extraordinary sitting of the National Assembly as a priority issue. The representative of the President of Armenia delivers the main speech, and the representative of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs deliver the supplementary speech. During the exchange of opinions Deputies may make proposals only with regard to the proposals of the President of the Republic of Armenia.
In his/her concluding speech the representative of the President of the Republic of Armenia may withdraw the proposals of the President of the Republic of Armenia on declaring amnesty, or make changes to it, or propose:
a) Adopting the resolution of the National Assembly on declaring amnesty developed on the basis of the proposals acceptable to the President of the Republic of Armenia;
b) Postponing the debate on the motion at the stage of voting until the beginning of the next four-day sitting with a view to finalizing the draft resolution taking account of the proposals acceptable to the President of the Republic of Armenia, which is considered to be approved without voting.
If the debate on a motion is postponed at the stage of voting at the request of the representative of the President of the Republic of Armenia, it is resumed by an up to 10-minute speech of the President of the Republic of Armenia, in which s/he may propose to adopt the resolution of the National Assembly developed on the basis of the proposals acceptable to the President of the Republic of Armenia.
The Chairperson of the National Assembly signs and promulgates the resolution of the National Assembly on declaring amnesty within 24 hours unless another date is specified by the resolution.
