PARLIAMENT TO DISCUSS ARMENIAN-TURKISH PROTOCOLS ON OCTOBER 1

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.09.2009 16:09 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It’s very pity ARF-Dashnaktsutyun decided to change
its position now instead of doing that 10 years ago, Heritage faction
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan told today a press conference in Yerevan. The
party should have taken such steps when there was no democracy
and freedom of speech in the country, she said. "Dashnaktsutyun
formed part of coalition and could influence the situation in the
country. When it was a coalition party, Armenian-Turkish Protocols
were already written, and Dashnaktsutyun supported Serzh Sargsyan. A
question arises as to why party quit coalition now that the country
is in the run-up to making such serious decision," Postanjyan noted.

Commenting on some parties’ statements that Heritage fails to take
decisive steps with regard to recently signed documents, she said,
"We have organized parliamentary hearings on Armenian-Turkish
Protocols. They are scheduled for October 1." The party, according
to her, proposed Government to conduct referendum on Protocols and
applied to Constitutional Court to organize discussions and receive
the court’s assessments on documents.

ARFD parliamentarian Ruzan Arakelyan stressed in turn that their
party never avoided admitting its mistakes. "Dashnaktsutyun, as
coalition party, averted events that might have dire consequences for
the country," Arakelyan said, adding that Dashnaktsutyun had helped
provide solution to many problems related to Karabakh conflict.

Dashnak MP also noted that Ms. Postanjyan made exaggerations by
saying that parliament hearing were organized upon their party’s
initiative. "Those hearing were organized by the demand of Foreign
Relations Committee Chair Armen Roustamyan," she said.

With regard to Zaruhi Postanjyan’s next question, Arakelyan referred
to the coalition agreement which stipulated for ARFD’s quitting
coalition in case of violations. Armenian -Turkish Protocols became
one, she added.