"NOR ZHAMANAKNER" CALLS TO IMMEDIATELY SET FREE VAHAGN CHAKHALIAN

Noyan Tapan
Oct 23 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Nor Zhamanakner" (New Times)
party addresses the RA National Assembly, all the deputies and calls
to take steps to immediately set free Vahagn Chakhalian, a member of
the chairmanship of the "United Javakhk" peoples’ alliance, and then
assistance is shown to all Armenians of Javakhk from now on who will
expect support of the Republic of Armenia. It is said in the statement
spread on October 20 by the party board. To recap, V.Chakhalian was
arrested on October 10 with accusation of illegally breaking the
RA state border and was moved to the RA National Security Service
isolator. "Vahagn Chakhalian is famous for his patriotic motives as one
actively speaking loudly about problems of Armenians of Javakahk and
looking for their solutions. It is characteristic that in the issue
of elections of local self-government bodies recently taken place
in that region, full of Armenians, the "United Javakhk" alliance
expressed a unique position not tolerating mass falsifications and
violation of ethnograthical dignity by the Georgian authorities,"
the statement authors mention, adding that in the case when one,
expecting the RA authorities’ support must properly be received in
Armenia, "was, unfortunately, settled a score by the authorities,
beaten and arrested."

"This incident again proves that the RA acting authorities became a
puppet not only in hands of superpowers but also obey implicitly to
Georgian President M.Saakashvili’s adventurous policy already reached
extremity," is said in the statement.