SECRETARY OF ‘HERITAGE’ PARTY FACTION CONSIDERS EXCLUSION OF ARMENIAN DELEGATION FROM POLL UPON RESULTS OF PACE WINTER SESSION REAL
ArmInfo
2008-10-10 13:51:00
ArmInfo. Secretary of "Heritage" oppositional party faction
Stepan Safaryan called exclusion of the Armenian delegation in the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from poll upon the
results of PACE winter session real.
At today’s press-conference in "Hayatsk" club he especially touched
on the assessments Armenia will be given during PACE winter session
on fulfillment of PACE Resolutions N 1609 and 1620 by Armenia. "The
assessment will be rather principal", the MP said and added that
even if an amnesty is announced with respect to those convicted on
the case of March 1 events, the assessment of the Council of Europe
will be severe. "I would like to recall that many political prisoners
have already claimed they need no amnesty as they do not consider
themselves guilty in anything>, the MP said.
When asked if Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement by the incumbent
Armenian authorities is possible in prejudice of Armenia, S. Safaryan
emphasized he considers no one in Armenia a betrayer on the national
interests. ‘I can only blame the authorities or someone personally in
illiterate and politically unjustified steps, and if something happens
in prejudice of Armenia, this is a result of the mistakes we made", the
MP said. He thinks the work, carried out by the Interim Parliamentary
Commission on investigation of March 1 events, unsatisfactory as
"Levon Ter-Petrosyan blames Robert Kocharyan for his order to shoot
at the people, while R.
Kocharyan, for his part, blames L. Ter-Petrosyan for instigation to
mass disorders and the attempts of unlawful seizure of power. Moreover,
neither Kocharyan nor Ter-Petrosyan have been examined by the
Commission so far", the MP said.