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ARF to announce candidate soon
[08:15 pm] 10 March, 2009
Member of the so-called NA ad-hoc commission for investigating the
events of March 1-2 Artsvik Minasyan is not satisfied with the trials
of the `Case of Seven’, particularly the decision of the court to
leave the political prisoners out of the trial.
`I am not pleased with the trial in general because it has to be free
of political subtext. All charges against the seven must be topics for
public discussion.’
What do you have to say about the fact that the judge for the `Case of
Seven’ was the first to apply the amendment made to the Criminal Code
according to which trials may proceed without the presence of the
prisoners? In response to that Minasyan said: `That will not play an
essential role in the revelation. This method is foreseen for special
cases.’
As Vice chairman of the standing committee of budget, credit and
financial issues of the National Assembly, Artsvik Minasyan sees the
economy mitigating amid all the confusion.
`The mitigation is not only the impact of the weakening of the global
crisis, but the mitigation of the confusion that rose as a result of
the drastic change of the exchange rate. But that doesn’t mean that
the impact of the global economic crisis has mitigated in Armenia.’
Mr. Minasyan believes that nobody can predict how far the global
economic crisis will go and when we will get out of this situation. As
for the current dollar-dram adjustment, Minasyan was not able to say
how much the authorities can let it go on.
As for the upcoming elections for mayor of Yerevan, the ARF will most
probably present its own candidate and will announce the name soon.
Is it possible to secure equal opportunities for all candidates
running for mayor of Yerevan after the Republican Party appointed
Gagik Beglaryan? In response to that Artsvik Minasyan said that it is
necessary to strive to make it equal for everyone.