RPA CONDEMNS ITS MPS SUPPORTING SASUN MIKAELYAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.12.2009 16:28 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Republican Party MPs who undersigned the letter to
Armenian president, calling for Sasun Mikayelyan’s release have already
been condemned by the country, RPA parliamentary group leader Galust
Sahakyan said. By doing this, the MPs comment on Sasun Mikaelyan’s
personal characters, he told today a news conference in Yerevan.

"That was just an act of provocation crowned with failure," Sahakyan
said.

At that, he noted that Mikayelyan had been removed from the faction
with personal, rather than political considerations. "He is not
an offender but I can’t consider him a political prisoner either,"
he said.

Galust Shakayan told journalists that Mikaelyan underwent surgery on
December 16 and is expected to recover within 6-7 days.

21 MPs from National Assembly (mostly representatives of Republican
Party and Prosperous Armenia) have addressed an open letter to
Armenia’s President, calling for Sasun Mikaelyan’s release. The
parliamentarians claimed that former MP Sasun Mikaelyan has serious
health problems which may be aggravated in prison circumstances.

In their letter, Armenian MPs request President Serzh Sargsyan to
grant Mikaelyan amnesty, regardless of the reason of arrest.