RA PARLIAMENT APPROVED AMNESTY PROPOSAL

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
19.06.2009 21:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In an extraordinary session held today, RA National
Assembly approved President’s proposal on declaring amnesty. The
document was passed with a vote of 98 for, 1 against and 3 abstention.

Parliament also approved Speaker Hovik Abrahmyan’s proposal on reducing
the prison term of the individuals accused of committing crimes during
March 1-2 incidents in Yerevan.

Under another decision passed by Parliament, the following individuals
are exempted from criminal liability: individuals with 1st and 2nd
groups of disability, detainees above age 60, minors, participants of
Great Patriotic War, servicemen who participated in defense operations
in Armenia, political repression victims and people belonging to
similar categories, spouses, children and parents of servicemen who
died during defense operations.

Amnesty also applies to the detainees sentenced for the term of 5
years or less.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress