THEY WILL FIGHT FOR SMBAT AYVAZYAN’S RELEASE

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[07:28 pm] 27 November, 2008

Statement of "Republic" party political council

With the obsession of stretching out its tenure, the RA illegitimate
administration is committing acts of violence, setting limits on civil
rights and liberties, keeping dozens of oppositionists as political
hostages in jails and has turned trials into a sham by making the
judges and prosecutors serve the administration.

All verdicts come from the presidential residency and proof of
that is the verdict for member of the "Republic" party political
council and commander of the "Tigran Mets" home-guard Smbat Ayvazyan,
who has been sentenced to two years of imprisonment based on false
testimonies. This is the political retribution of the administration
against one of the leading activists of our party.

The "Republic" party states:

The current RA administration continues to neglect the requirements
set forth in the PACE resolutions 1609 and 1620 and does not take
any steps to defuse the results of the crimes of March 1,

The inadequate positions of the Council of Europe promote the
administration’s authoritarian intentions and are the cause for
public protests.

The "Republic" party states that it is going to fight for the
protection of the rights and release of Smbat Ayvazan and the rest
of the political prisoners and is going to continue to actively
participate in the pan-Armenian movement with the imperative to
establish a legal administration in Armenia as soon as possible.