ARRESTED AND CONVICTED PERSONS ON THE CASE ABOUT MASS DISORDERS IN YEREVAN HAVE SENT OPEN LETTER TO PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS

ArmInfo
2009-01-14 10:26:00

ArmInfo. The arrested and convicted persons on the case about March
1-2 mass disorders in Yerevan have sent an open letter to George
Kolumbier and John Prescott – PACE co-rapporteurs on monitoring of
fulfillment of PACE Resolutions 1609 and 1620 by Armenia.

The letter received by ArmInfo today says the co-rapporteurs said
before PACE summer session that the Armenian authorities fixed a
notable progress in fulfillment of the provisions of the aforenamed
resolutions. Meanwhile, the letter says, nothing was done towards
their fulfillment, about which the co-rapporteurs were well aware,
the document authors say. ‘You inflicted great harm to the case of
disclosure of March 1 circumstances, as well as to the image of the
authoritative European structures you represent. Now, you arrive in
Armenia to take away with you a fact of ‘pardon’ of our 9 friends,
having been ‘generously’ pardoned by the authorities just before
your visit to Armenia as an ‘evidence’ of doubtless progress. Thus,
you only increase the degree of your personal responsibility you will
certainly bear’, the letter says.

The open letter was signed by the arrested and convicted persons on
the case of mass disorders: ex-deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia
Gagik Jhangiryan, ex-FM of Armenia Alexander Arzumanyan, MPs Myasnik
Malkhasyan, Hakop Hakopyan, Sasun Mikaelyan, leader of ‘Tsekhakron’
party Shant Harutyunuan, member of the Political Council of ‘Republic’
party Smbat Ayvazyan, ex-Mayor of Abovyan Grigor Voskerchyan, Mushegh
Saghatelyan, Suren Sirunyan, Tigran Lazarian, Levon Lazarian,
Tatev Gasparyan and others.