Armenian MPs summoned to testify on charges against opposition bloc

Arminfo
8 Apr 04

YEREVAN

The secretary of the [opposition] Justice faction, MP Viktor
Dallakyan, was invited to the Yerevan prosecutor’s office this morning
as a victim following a recent attack on him. After the attack, the MP
was brought to the Armenian Prosecutor-General’s Office as a witness
on the case against the Justice bloc, Stepan Demirchyan, the leader of
the bloc, told a joint news conference of the Justice bloc and the
National Unity party at the Armenian National Assembly today.

The chairman of the Antrapetutyun Party and former mayor of Yerevan,
Albert Bazeyan, said a member of the board of the party, Suren
Surenyants, had also been invited to the Prosecutor-General’s Office
as a witness on the case of the Justice bloc but was then detained on
charges.

He added that all deputies from the Justice faction had already been
summoned as witnesses to give evidence on the charges brought against
the bloc. However, Albert Bazeyan said, he was busy and refused to
report to the Prosecutor-General’s Office. The leader of the Justice
bloc, Stepan Demirchyan, also said he would “reject the invitation”. A
member of the party’s board and former prime minister, Aram Sarkisyan,
said he would “accept” the invitation to visit the
Prosecutor-General’s Office but only after opposition demonstrations
are over.

“After the demonstrations, no matter whether or not they are followed
by the change of the authorities, I will definitely meet
Prosecutor-General Agvan Ovsepyan,” Aram Sarkisyan said.

The leader of the National Unity Party, Artashes Gegamyan, said he
felt discriminated because the Prosecutor-General’s Office had ignored
him by not summoning him.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress