RA Parliament Condemned Opposition Forces’ Actions

RA PARLIAMENT CONDEMNED OPPOSITION FORCES’ ACTIONS

DeFacto Agency
March 4 2008
Armenia

YEREVAN, 04.03.08. DE FACTO. March 2, in the course of an extraordinary
sitting of Armenia’s National Assembly, the deputies adopted a
statement in connection with the events that had taken place in
Yerevan March 1.

The statement runs, in part, that the RA Parliament condemns
incitements to barbarities carried out in the capital city on March
1, as a result of which there have been casualties, while Yerevan
sustained tangible moral and material losses; propaganda of hatred
and evil in political processes; any actions undermining the country’s
stability, international reputation and national unity.

The RA Parliament mentioned the importance of reestablishment of law
and order in the capital city, neutralization of danger that threatens
the people’s life and property, the settlement of political issues
on the basis of a dialogue.

RA National Assembly "considers a decree of the President of the
Republic of Armenia signed on March 1, 2008, on imposing state of
emergency, to be necessary and legitimate; urges our compatriots to
restraint and common sense to rapidly overcome the situation, return
the country’s life to normal channel".