EX SPEAKER OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT: AMNESTY HAS FAILED TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

ArmInfo
2009-07-10 16:56:00

ArmInfo. The recently announced amnesty has failed to be as effective
as it was supposed to be, says ex speaker of the National Assembly
of Armenia Tigran Torossyan.

The amnesty was deficient and has failed to alleviate the
social-political tensions inside the country.

The steps undertaken to shed light on the Mar 1 events were also
ineffective: for example, the group formed to collect facts about
the events has been dissolved.

None of the Mar 1 trials have given any results and all changes to
relevant laws were just a formality.

"Now we have only an interim parliamentary commission and all
our people are expecting specific answers from it. This is a big
responsibility as some of the commissioners really want to give
answers. Unfortunately, we have not yet received and will hardly
receive answers," says Torossyan.

To remind, 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded as a result of
disorders in Yerevan Mar 1 2008.