AMNESTY DID NOT JUSTIFY HERITAGE PARTY’S HOPES

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.06.2009 16:18 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ "Recently announced amnesty did not justify
Heritage Party’s hopes. We expected the amnesty to be more in
synch with Christian values and signal a new phase in Armenia’s
political life. We’ve again become witnesses to purely political
calculations. The amnesty was a result of external pressure, rather
that internal processes," Heritage Faction Chairman, MP Armen
Martirosyan told a news conference.

According to Armen Martirosyan, the amnesty can’t solve political
crisis in Armenia, it might only mitigate its influence on society. The
MP also expressed his regret about amnesty being applied only to
prisoners convicted for March 1, 2008 events. In his opinion, the
amnesty must include all those convictedd before the events specified,
eg. Jamanak newspaper Chief Editor Arman Babajanyan.

"By announcing the amnesty, the authorities can’t close the books on
the events of March 1, 2008. The case could be closed only after all
the circumstances of those days are discovered," Armen Martirosyan
stated.