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NO DEADLINE FOR ARMENIA?

Politics


Women delegates of the Armenian delegation to PACE believe that there is no deadline for Armenia for the implementation of demands set forth by Resolution 1643 adopted on January 27.


The 11th point of the Resolution states that the Assembly will continue to follow-up on the issue and “proposes the Monitoring Committee to investigate the progress of the Armenian authorities on the implementation of this and previous Resolutions and, judging from the situation, propose additional measures to be taken by the Assembly.”


Nevertheless, according to Republican Hermine Naghdalyan, April is not a deadline, rather “the time needed to implement the foreseen actions.”


Although the Assembly is still dissatisfied almost a year after the events of March 1, Mrs. Naghdalyan hopes that Armenia will implement the demands until the April session and her hope is instilled by the creation of the NA Working Group, which will revise articles 225 and 300 of the RA Criminal Code.


According to Mrs. Naghdalyan, the Working Group, which includes representatives of NA factions, members of the Armenian delegation to PACE and members of the March 1 temporary committee, “will propose solutions that will provide the opportunity to solve the issues in the short run.” Prosperous Armenia party member Naira Zohrabyan also stresses the importance of the creation of the Working Group by the NA Chairman in which she is also included as member of the March 1 temporary committee.


“We must accept the fact that articles 225 and 300 are rather voluminous with regard to interpretation and the issue is to separate the political and legal subtexts in the articles,” told “A1+” Naira Zohrabyan. As for the fact that nobody has been charged with the 10 murders on March 1, Naira Zohrabyan assured that they are going to do everything they can to reveal the guilty.


The member of the March 1 temporary committee claims that the committee is working objectively. “We are doing our share of the work. If everyone does his job, we will receive quick responses to all of our questions.”


Karine Asatryan


Strasburg