AMERICAN EXPERTS DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO ‘COORDINATE’ WORK OF TEMPORARY PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION, THEY CAN ONLY GIVE ADVICE AND ASSESS ITS ACTIVITY, DEPUTY FROM ARFD SAYS
ArmInfo
2008-10-07 19:01:00
ArmInfo. American experts have arrived in Armenia to exchange
experience with representatives of temporary parliamentary commission
to clarify the 1-2 March events in Yerevan, member of the commission,
secretary of ARF Dashnaktiutyun parliamentary faction Artyusha
Shahbazyan told ArmInfo correspondent.
He also added one can find commoness as well as differences if
to compare the terrorist act on 11 September 2001 in New York and
the March events in Yerevan. ‘Commoness is that mass crimes were
committed in New-York as well as in Yerevan and the commissions have
to represent to the society the true events and how the actions of
the parties were lawful’, – he said.
Shabazyan said that the commission has worked quite openly with media
so far. ‘We put the proposals by opposition and media representatives
on the agenda of the commission. We followed the publications in
newspapers on the topic’, he said. He said another 2 meetings with
American experts are planned. ‘I think that the meeting and exchange
of experience will be very useful for the interim parliamentary
commission’, the parliamentarian said.
He underlined that American experts arrived in Armenia 7 days ago. In
addition, Shahbazyan said the experts have no right to coordinate the
work of the interim commission they can only give advice and assess
its activity.