ZHARANGUTIUN TO DISCUSS ISSUE OF RENOUNCING ITS DEPUTY MANDATES AFTER PACE JANUARY SESSION

Noyan Tapan

Jan 21, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. For the Zharangutiun (Heritage)
party it is too alarming that Armenia’s law enforcement system,
in essence, does not operate, and even during trials on civil cases
the legal anarchy of political trials continue." Vardan Khachatrian,
a member of the RA National Assembly Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction,
stated at the January 21 press conference. According to him, the courts
have received a carte blanche to act as they like when investigating
both political and civil cases. As V. Khachatrian predicted it,
if the justice level continues reducing swiftly as it is now, the
Armenian statehood will go to self-destruction.

The opposition fugure refused to comment upon RPA deputy
Rafik Petrosian’s statement that the Zharangutiun faction does
nothing in NA except bothering and NA will lose nothing from its
absence. V. Khachatrian only stated that Zharangutiun represents the
interests of the opposition mass making the huge part of Armenia’s
society and is the only parliamentary tribune of the opposition. "If
some people think that only pro-governmental forces should be
represented at the parliament, it is a way of thinking peculiar to
civilization out of this world," he mentioned.

V. Khachatrian also said that after the end of the PACE January
session Zharangutiun will convene an enlarged Board sitting, at which
the issue of renouncing the deputy mandates or not will be discussed.