WHOM JIRAIR SEFILYAN WILL WISH TO MEET

Lragir.am
21-09-2007 15:12:42

Jirair Sefilyan and I were brothers-in-arms, we went through the
hardships of the Karabakh war together, the battalion of Shushi he led
had a great contribution to the liberation of Shushi, said the
ex-deputy minister of defense Arthur Aghabekyan on September 21 at the
Hayatsk press club. However, he declined to make a political statement
regarding Jirair Sefilyan’s arrest and sentence. "If I were a lawyer,
I would study the case and I would even be his attorney," Arthur
Aghabekyan said but avoided a political statement. He said they were
friends before Sefilyan’s sentence, and he is sure that after his
release he will be one of the people Sefilyan will wish to meet the
first. "Because we have a lot to discuss," Arthur Aghabekyan says.

At the same time he does not support the initiative of the Heritage
Party to repeal Article 301 of the Crime Code, which provides for
arrest for calls for a violent coup, and on which Jirair Sefilyan was
arrested, afterwards sentenced for keeping ammunition. The opponents
of Article 301 think this article is a handy tool for political
persecution, therefore it should be repealed. Arthur Aghabekyan says
the initiative of the Heritage party is a political activity and he
does not want to join it.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress