ONLY THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLE, THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL AND DAVID HARUTYUNYAN
LRAGIR.AM
15:48:12 – 31/03/2009
On March 31, at the Urbat press club, assessing the result of the
PACE monitoring group session which took place on March 30, in the
Spanish Valencia, the member of the Armenian National Congress (HAK)
Hovhannes Igityan noted that no one is to win laurels for that result
besides the speaker of the National Assemble Hovik Abrahamyan, the
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan, and the head of the Armenian
delegation to PACE David Harutyunyan.
In Valencia, the monitoring group registered a progress in Armenia’s
accomplishment of the PACE resolutions.
Hovhannes Igityan went into details of what happened there in his
opinion. He notes that when in January the PACE co-reporters arrived
in Yerevan and met with the Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan,
the letter told them that the law is bad and does not enable them to
bring clear and grounded accusations against the detainees in March
1 result. Then, according to Hovhannes Igityan, the co-reporters
presented the complaint of the Prosecutor General to the speaker
of the National Assemble, who promised to change the law. And David
Harutyunyan made relevant amendments to the law in a short period,
noted Hovhannes Igityan and added that the monitoring group registered
some progress because of the aforesaid.
Hovhannes Igityan noted that the amendments to the Articles 225
and 300 of the Armenian Crime Code do not have anything in common
with the political prisoners and with the democratic questions of
Armenia. According to Igityan, all the questions in regard with the
political prisoners, the freedom of the media, the freedom of holding
rallies, as well as the question on the reveal of the responsibles for
March 1 victims are still urgent in Armenia. Hovhannes Igityan noted
that at the PACE April session, the voting rights of Armenia will not
be suspended of course, but the resolution which will be adopted will
be strict and will prove that these questions are still worrying.
Hovhannes Igityan called everyone’s attention to the fact that no
step was made in Armenia in connection with the enhancement of the
confidence towards the court system, which was demanded by the PACE
resolutions. Moreover, Igityan noted that a new law has been adopted on
the possibility of arming the law ushers and on the trail conduction
in absence of the defendants. "Apparently, the next step will be the
conduction of trials without lawyers," noted Hovhannes Igityan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
