ARAM SAFARYAN AND HIS PRINCIPLES

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05:47 pm | February 23, 2010

Politics

Secretary of "Bargavach Hayastan" (Prosperous Armenia) faction Aram
Safaryan was elected president of the parliamentary committee on
human rights defense with 82 for and 0 against.

This position had remained vacant after Mkhitar Mnatsakanyan was
appointed Minister of Social Security.

Aram Safaryan was nominated by leader of the Republican faction Galust
Sahakyan, confirmed by "Bargavach Hayastan" member Vardan Bostanjyan
and leader of Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) Heghine Bisharyan. Aram
Safaryan was the only candidate, which is why the vote was another
unanimous vote.

Safaryan promised that he would be guided by 4 principles, including
respect, cooperation, consistency and tolerance. "A hand extended will
not remain unshaken," Aram Safaryan promised. He expressed gratitude
to his political party for nominating him and then his coalition
partners and promised: "You will not regret voting for me."

Aram Safaryan’s election was held along with the National Assembly
session during which deputies were going to discuss the draft law
presented by the opposition for declaring the change made in the law on
"Television and Radio" by the government on September 10, 2008.

Of course, all deputies left the hall and the discussion on the issue
of "A1+" was held in an empty hall by the decision of the majority.

This was the question that Stepan Safaryan asked Aram Safaryan. "At
this moment, the right of the minority in parliament is being
violated. How do you view that, future president of the committee on
human rights defense?"

Aram Safaryan didn’t consider the question to be correct and refused
to answer. As a result of the 45-minute election, Aram Safaryan was
unanimously elected president of the human rights defense committee
and his fellow deputy, president of the committee on education
and science Artak Davtyan presented Safaryan as a wonderful man,
a brilliant expert and a great diplomat.

In his speech, Aram Safaryan took note that he was not planning for
confrontation or competing against the Ombudsman. He added that he was
going to have a clearly legislative function and that his objective
was not going to be the protection of violated human rights.

According to him, there are serious issues in the field, but solving
those issues was above his powers.