DID PRESCOTT PROMISE?

February 9, 2010

The authorities of Armenia are ignoring (or at least they show that
they are ignoring) the draft presented at the PACE by the head of
the Swedish delegation to the PACE, in which the involvement of
the army during the events of March 1-2 is considered as an action
"containing components of state revolution". The Armenian government
has not commented on this initiative officially yet. Concerning this
document, which was made based on the former defense minister Mikayel
Harutyunyan’s order dated February 23, 2008, pro-government MPs say
that this initiative either is not serious or will not bring to any
serious results. The demonstrative quiet behavior of the authorities
shows that they are sure that they will be able to solve their issues
in the PACE and not allow to discuss things which will stop them from
closing the page of March 1