AD HOC COMMISSION TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY OF INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 1-2 EVENTS

ARKA
June 16
YEREVAN

An interim commission to investigate the March 1-2 events in Yerevan
will enhance the transparency of the investigation, stated Artashes
Shahbazyan, the Secretary of the ARF parliamentary faction.

The RA Parliament has decided to set up an ad hoc commission to
investigate into the March 1-2 events in Yerevan.

"Investigation was conducted before as well, legal proceedings were on.

But the parliamentary commission will enhance control over and
transparency of the investigation," Shahbazyan.

According to him, the commission will be a serious test for the
political forces that will be included in the commission, first of
all for the coalition.

Shahbazyan pointed out that the commission’s activities impose
great responsibility on the authorities, Parliament and individual
parties. If the commission falls short of the people’s expectations,
it will cause more damage than if it has not been formed.

"We need political will, primarily on the authorities’ part, to
heal this wound and help people get answers to their questions,"
Shahbazyan said.

The 11-member commission will include two representatives of each
parliamentary faction one independent parliamentarian. Armenia’s
first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, as well as representatives of
other parliamentary forces, will be involved in the commission’s
activities.