HERITAGE PARTY WILL HAVE TO EXERCISE ITS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN EMERGENCY SITUATION

Panorama.am
20:33 19/02/2007

Heritage (Jarangutiun) party press services released an open message
on the day of the anniversary of shutting the office of the party. The
statement says in particular, "After more political and civic activism
of Jarangutiun party since fall, 2005, the ruling administration has
launched violent attacks against ordinary members of the party and
its founder, Raffi Hovhannisyan."

The letter also says since the day the door of the office was locked,
the party is deprived of its normal activities and has no access to
the file cabinets. The statement says that the party has applied to
all structures, including police, prosecutor’s office, review and
appeal courts but in vein. Until today the office is sealed.

"If until the end of this month, that is the one year anniversary of
illegal closing of the office and close to parliamentary elections
no practical step is taken, Jarangutiun will have to exercise its
constitutional rights in emergency situation," the statement says.