THE COMMISSION DEMANDS URGENT SOLUTION
Support A1+!The PACE Monitoring Commission considered today the issue concerning the revelation of the reasons for the March 1 murders as essentially unsolved and stressed the importance of the urgent creation of an independent expert group, according to Armenian delegation member Armen Rustamyan.
Rustamyan added that the other issue requiring an urgent solution concerns the arrests based on police testimonies. Based on the statement, arrests must be proof-based. Rustamyan also said that the Commission believed that it would be better to find a political solution to articles 300 and 225 of the Criminal Code [embezzlement of power and riots] and proposes amnesty or an inactment.
“The statement is more of a consultative nature,” told “A1+” Mr. Rustamyan and noted that it can also be considered as an interim evaluation of the work that Armenia has completed regarding the resolutions.
The hearing on the issue concerning Armenia’s fulfillment of the requirements stated in the 1609 and 1620 resolutions is scheduled for the PACE winter session in January 2009.
Karine Asatryan
Strasburg
