NA AD-HOC COMMITTEE ON EVENTS OCCURRED ON 1-2 MARCH PROPOSES PROLONGING ITS ACTIVITY PERIOD BY 4 MONTHS
Noyan Tapan
Oct 21, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA National Assembly on October
21 finished the discussion of the draft decision On Making an Amendment
to the Decision On Creation of a NA Ad-hoc Committee on the Events
Occurred on 1-2 March 2008 in Yerevan and Their Reasons.
Samvel Nikoyan, draft’s co-author, the Chairman of the Ad-hoc
Committee, the Secretary of the RPA faction, proposed prolonging the
activity period of the Committee for 4 months, up to February 25,
2009. He said that if the Committee fulfills earlier the tasks set
before it, it will present its conclusion to NA before the proposed
period.
The factions of 4 parties making part of the political coalition
spoke for the proposed amendment.
The only opposition faction, Zharangutiun (Heritage), spoke against
the prolongation of the period. According to faction Secretary Styopa
Safarian, within the framework of the limited powers set by the NA
decision the Committee will not be able to achieve any result even
in case of prolonging its activity period. It was mentioned that
the Committee will not be able to disclose the real picture until
the RA former and current Presidents give evidence in the Committee
as characters.
In this connection S. Nikoyan stated that it seems to former and
current high-ranking officials in Armenia that they are "gods" and
may not answer the questions addressed to them. It, in particular,
regards the first RA President, as the questions addressed to him
by the Committee have received no answer. According to S. Nikoyan,
it would be also interesting to listen to the second RA President
who declared that from behind the cars participants of the action of
protest fired at servicemen of internal troops, while it is obvious
that there are no persons receiving fire-arms injuries among servicemen
of internal troops: their injuries are only splinter.