RPA REP: ARMENIAN PEOPLE WILL PROTEST

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Sept 4 2009

The Armenian Parliament will only ratify the documents which meet the
Armenian people’s interests, Galust Sahakyan, The Republican Party
of Armenia (RPA) faction leader, RPA Deputy Chairman, told a press
conference today.

"Armenia and Turkey only released Protocols dated April 22, 2009. The
documents will be finalized in two months. It is unknown so far if the
documents will be signed. However, political forces have designated
them as treasonable," Sahakyan said.

He underlined that if the Protocols are not in Armenia’s interests,
people will "protest and take to the streets." Answering to a NEWS.am
question why the Protocols include the point on ratification by the
Parliaments, whereas it is not provided for by the Armenian law,
Sahakyan said: "The matter is of interest to us as well, but the
Protocols are conceptual documents and need to be ratified by the
Parliaments. Besides, the Genocide issue evokes a wide response,"
stated the parliamentarian.