INITIATIVE TO CONVENE RA NA SPECIAL SESSION FAILS
Noyan Tapan
Feb 5, 2009
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 4, the RA NA Zharangutiun
(Heritage) faction started collecting deputies’ signatures to convene a
special NA session at 18:30, February 5. It was planned discussing the
issue of invalidating the NA March 4 decisions on giving consent to RA
Prosecutor General’s petition to involve deputies Myasnik Malkhasian,
Sasun Mikayelian, Hakob Hakobian, and Khachatur Sukiasian as defendants
on the 2008 March 1 events and arresting them.
3 out of 4 deputies being under arrest at present were first to sign
under that form officially received from the NA staff. Faction head
Armen Martirosian had visited the place of imprisonment for that
purpose. In the term established by the NA Regulations, until 11:48,
February 5 the Zharangutiun faction members, independent deputy
Viktor Dallakian, and former NA Speaker Tigran Torosian had signed
under the form. And for convening a special session, at least 1/3
of the total number of deputies, 44 deputies, were to sign under it,
whole only 11 deputies had signed.