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COMMISSION VIOLATED THE RIGHT TO IMMUNITY

Politics


Today the NA ad hoc Commission looking into the events of March 1-2 watched a film on the tragic occurrences. The film divulged the deciphered telephone talks of several opposition representatives. The main idea of the film was that the opposition directed the demonstrators to the French Embassy instead of sending them home although feeling the explicit threat hanging on them.


In other shot Suren Sirunyan informs the head of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s pre-election office, Alexandre Arzumanyan, that the demonstrators “had already “taken” several streets, among them Grigor Lusavorich, Paronyan, and set fire to some police cars. Satisfied with the answer Arzumanyan said, “Excellent, excellent.”


The Chairman of the Commission, Samvel Nikoyan, said the film proves that the demonstrators robbed the neighbouring shops. The robbery was not committed by the authorities as the opposition used to claim. During his telephone talk with Alexandre Arzumanyan, Levon Ter-Petrosyan asks, “Are you in high spirits?” and adds, “This is what I expected.”


The film didn't give answer to a most vital question: when exactly Levon Ter-Petrosyan had a telephone talk with Arzumanyan - before or after March 2? In the main the film focused on human relations among Armenian oppositionists and laid a special emphasis to Arzumanyan's disregard and offensive words towards his fellow colleagues. During the sitting the Leader of the United Labour Party, Gurgen Arsenyan, and member of the Prosperous Armenia Party, Naira Zohrabyan, announced that the film might be submitted with the commission to divert their attention and suggested not to hurry with conclusions. ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Artsvik Minasyan reminded the presentees about the commission's mission and National Unity representative Sargis Muradkhanyan thanked the authors of the film. The Leader of the National Concord Aram Harutyunyan posed a rhetoric question to the Commission: “And where did the film owners get the deciphered talk?” A voice said off screen, “If you were sure of your victory why didn't you appeal to court? If you didn't instill confidence in our courts why didn't you appeal to the European Court of Human Rights?”

Note that the Constitutional Court hadn't heard Levon Ter-Petrosyan's suit on March 1.

Let's remind the words of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, “The opposition's telephone talks shouldn't be deciphered. Decoding of such talks by the National Security Service is inadmissible for me in a country of law. It infringes the right to immunity to private life.”