ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PACE OFFERS SOME SPECIFICATIONS IN RESOLUTION N1609

ArmInfo
2008-06-25 10:58:00

The Armenian delegation to PACE offers to specify the formulations
in the document ‘On Fulfillment of PACE Resolution N1609 by Armenia’
with respect to the persons arrested in view of March 1 disorders,
Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Chairman of the Armenian
Parliamentary Commission for state-legal affairs David Harutyunyan
told ArmInfo.

He said that the formulation in the report resolves into the
necessity to release the persons, accused per Articles 300 and 225
of CC who, however, did not commit coercive actions or any other
serious crimes. "When the matter concerns the acts of violence, the
element of coercive actions is actually available in both Articles,
i.e. it is part of disposition. The matter concerns similar cases
and, so, we offer to specify the formulation in CE requirement",
D. Harutyunyan said.

He expressed an opinion that the task set to the co-reporters, resolves
into an attempt to "separate" the persons accused per these Articles,
the persons, who, however, did not take part in disorders or did
not give a direct command on execution of coercive actions. "If the
issue is formulated just in this way, this will be quite a reasonable
approach, it will allow to remove one sharp issue more which is set to
our country", D. Harutyunyan said. He found difficulty in assessing
the possibility of "immediate" fulfillment of this requirement like
it was stipulated in PACE document and said that all the issues on
criminal prosecution are in the competence of the Prosecutor General.