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ZHARANGUTIUN POSES THREE QUESTIONS

Politics

The NA ad hoc Committee investigating the March 1-2 occurrences in Yerevan City hopes that the Zharangutiun Party will name new candidates for the Committee. The Chairman of the Committee Samvel Nikoyan has already sent a written request to the Zharangutiun.

Reminder, the Zharangutiun had nominated Armenian detained MPs Sasun Mikayelian and Miasnik Malkhassian but their nomination had been rejected.

“All our proposals with regard to the Committee have been turned down. Nevertheless, Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, suggested the Committee discharging the fact finding committee from post-investigative and political functions. He also suggested reaching a consensus while making decisions. Evidently, all those proposals had been made by the Zharangutiun and rejected by the Committee,” Zharangutiun member Stepan Safarian told A1+ today.

Safarian reminds that if accepted the party’s proposals should have promoted the Committee’s fruitfulness.

Today the party is seriously concerned about three vital issues. Will the Committee make decisions on the principle of consensus? Will the fact finding function be distinguished from the post-investigation one? And finally, how will the Committee conduct an alternative investigation if it is not a pre-investigation body?

Stepan Safarian says the Zharangutiun will take a final decision of its involvement in the Committee after getting a written answer to the three questions.