Prosecutor General of Armenia meets with Chairman of PACE Ad Hoc
Committee

2008-03-07 18:50:00

ArmInfo. Today Prosecutor General of Armenia Agvan Hovsepyan met with
Chairman of PACE Ad Hoc Committee on Monitoring Presidential Election
in Armenia John Prescott.

The spokesperson of the Prosecutor General Sona Truzyan says that the
sides discussued the processes that took place in Armenia during and
after the presidential election. Prescott confirmed PACE’s assessment
of the election and expressed hope that this process would continue in
a natural manner.

Hovsepyan said that the edict of the President of Armenia to impose a
state of emergency in Yerevan was an adequate response to the
situation. It served the interests of all citizens of Armenia and was
aimed at restoring the constitutional order in the country. He said
that the state of emergency had not influenced the work of the
judiciary system. The attempts to speculate on the Constitutional
Court’s hearings of the claims by some presidential candidates are
groundless.

Hovsepyan said that 16 people had been arrested and 53 were facing
trials. None of them has been arrested for participation in the
demonstrations. Only people who sought to usurp power and applied
violence against law enforcers have been placed under arrest.

Prescott pointed out the importance of a dialogue for settling the
present situation and expressed hope that the verdict of the
Constitutional Court would be acceptable for all parties. He said that
all parties should observe the law in any case.