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1 April 2008
Hovannisian and Heritage MPs Welcome the Ago Group
Yerevan–Today the Heritage Party’s parliamentarians Larisa
Alaverdian, Anahit Bakhshian, Zaruhi Postanjian, Armen Martirosian,
Vardan Khachatrian, and Stepan Safarian met at the National Assembly
with the Ago Monitoring Group of the Council of Europe’s Committee of
Ministers. The visiting delegation was led by Sweden’s Ambassador to
the Council of Europe Per Sjögren. The Heritage MPs presented their
approaches onto the current post-election state of affairs in Armenia
and suggested some possible avenues for resolving this tense
situation.
The parties also discussed the Constitutional Court’s "state of
emergency" judgment on the presidential elections, the imperative for
an impartial and thorough investigation of the tragic events of March
1, the need for reforms in the country’s legislative field which
currently curtails the protection of human rights and fundamental
freedoms, and the duty to defend the rights of those who are
imprisoned because of their political views. The Heritage
parliamentarians also underscored those courses of action which must
be taken in order to settle the present legal-political crisis, as
manifested in the party’s recent public statements.
The same day, Raffi K. Hovannisian, leader of Heritage’s parliamentary
group and member of Armenia’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe (PACE), also held an official meeting with
the Ago Group. The interlocutors emphasized the necessity for Armenia
to carry out its commitments to the Council of Europe and, more
specifically, to eliminate the legal and political arbitrariness
applied against its own citizens on the way to delivering the nation
to a truly democratic future.
Raffi Hovannisian also received Bulgarian Ambassador Todor Marinov
Staykov at the National Assembly and, later in the day, conducted a
separate meeting with the United Kingdom’s Ambassador Charles
Lonsdale.
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