IS MPs’ ARREST WARRANTED?
Support A1+!“One hundred days is too short to expect fundamental changes from a president of any country. President’s post is really an important and responsible one,” Speaker of the RoA National Assembly Tigran Torossian shared the opinion on Serzh Sarkissian’s 100-day office upon the request of journalists.
“ A hundred days is not enough to estimate the radical changes made in the country. It is necessary to evaluate all the steps which were taken during those hundred days. We should not forget that the hundred days began with the “unfortunate events” of March 1 which cannot be ignored while assessing the first hundred days of the president’s tenure.
Surely, the tension is significantly relieved but there is still a lot to be done to eliminate it fully.”
Tigran Torossian noted that the parliament and the government have worked at full over this period, and it should be viewed in the context of the first hundred days of the president.
“It is a very interesting period for Armenia. On the one hand, there is a possibility to change the country qualitatively and reach new achievements, and on the other hand, the country faces serious challenges and threats.”
The NA Speaker says Armenia has 6 or 7 months’ time, not more, to understand which path to take. In his opinion, the programmes set forth by the president, the parliament and the government will prove effective. Everything possible was done during those hundred days, serious programmes were set forward and tension mitigated. However, there is serious work to be done.
“None of the Armenian parliamentarians would like his colleagues to be arrested,” Tigran Torossian said in reply to A1+. We asked the NA Speaker whether over the past four months, after the arrest of the three Armenian MPs Hakob Hakobian, Sasun Mikayelian and Miasnik Malkhassian, the Speaker tried to find out whether the detainees have been interrogated and whether any charges have been brought against them.
Tigran Torossian said “he wishes those people were in freedom and were not accused of crime. Generally, no MP wishes his colleague to stand trial.”
Tigran Torossian says he has made inquiries from the prosecutor general. Moreover, he is well aware of the meeting of the ad hoc committee and the detained MPs. “I was assured that there are serious grounds for their arrest and charges will be brought against them in the nearest future.”
Today Tigran Torossian dispelled the rumours about his upcoming resignation.
To remind, it is rumoured that the NA Speaker is going to resign and Head of the RoA President's Administration, Hovik Abrahamian, will “take up the post.” Torossian says he is aware of those reports and knows how they are ordered. However, Tigran Torossian said he is reluctant to comment on the falsehood published in the media.
