AMNESTY WON’T HELP OVERCOME POLITICAL CRISIS IN ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.06.2009 13:07 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The decision taken by the Armenian National Assembly
can’t be described as amnesty, said David Shahnazaryan , member of
Armenian National Movement.

"I can’t think positive of the amnesty if there are still 20 political
prisoners kept in jails. This amnesty won’t help overcome political
crisis in Armenia but will aggravate it, on the contrary," he told
reporters in Yerevan today.

There are two reasons why the authorities declared amnesty, according
to Shahnazaryan.

"First, it’s the intense popular movement and, second, it’s a show
the leadership performed fro the PACE monitoring group," he said,
adding that the other political prisoners will also be released soon,
under the popular pressure.

Asked by a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter whether the ANC will reconsider its
position if all political prisoners are released, Shahnazaryan said,
"Yes."