Heritage does not regard amnesty to be human act
20.06.2009 15:48 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ `If granting an amnesty were a human act, then it
would be announced long ago’, Armen Martirosyan, Chairman of the RA NA
Heritage fraction told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
According to him, although many people say this step is directed to
turning the page of March 1, 2008 events, but obviously it is
impossible to do. `Names of killers of 10 innocent victims are unknown
so far, as well as the names of those who gave the command to
kill. The page cannot be turned as soon as all circumstances of March
1 and March 2 events are not revealed,’ he said.
After announcing an amnesty not all political prisoners will be
released from prisons, and it leaves a feeling of resentment,
Mr. Martirosyan added. `Current amnesty does not solve the problem on
the whole, therefore it must be applied to everybody,’ he stressed.
According to Armen Martirosyan, there is a factor of external
sanctions, and the amnesty announced by the president has been
directed to mitigate those sanctions. `In my opinion, it is more
important to pay attention to internal estimations rather than to
outward ones,’ Mr. Martirosyan said.
The parliamentary Heritage fraction refrained from participating in
yesterday’s vote in RA NA, except MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, who voted
against, Armen Martirosyan said.