PEOPLE PAYING HOMAGE TO VICTIMS WERE SCARED

Lragir.am
23 May 06

The parliamentary minority failed to gather enough signatures to
set up an ah-hoc committee on the government actions directed at
aviation. May 23 was the deadline of the poll, initiated by Member
of Parliament Victor Dallakyan. He had gathered 26 instead of the
required 44 signatures. Ardarutiun Alliance, the National Unity, the
Orinats Yerkir Party and even a member of the People’s Deputy Group,
Artusha Movsisyan had signed. Emma Khudabashyan and Hmayak Hovanisyan
had also joined the poll.

“Our purpose was to set up a committee after the poll during the
meeting of June 12, which failed, unfortunately,” stated Victor
Dallakyan. He said it had been foreseen that the committee would
operate through the summer and publish the findings in autumn.

“I think the atmosphere of fear spoken about over the past few days
played its role, and the National Assembly, which had observed two
minutes of silence for the victims, feared to join this initiative,”
says Victor Dallakyan. He rejects the view of Republican Member of
Parliament Galust Sahakyan that the initiative of the opposition was
an attempt of political manipulation with the plane crash. In reply
Victor Dallakyan merely read an extract from this legislative action,
where the goals of the ad-hoc committee are stated. “I just read:
a study of safety guarantees in civil aviation. Hence, there is
nothing to manipulate. In other words, probably, Galust Sahakyan is
not interested in the state of the civil aviation. Did you see any
implications of manipulation in this single line? Probably, they are
now busy with minibus lines,” stated Victor Dallakyan.