"No prisoner will leave the cell"
"Amnesty is another show with the participation of the Public Council," says Vahagn Khachatryan, a senior representative of the Armenian National Congress (HAK).
"The Constitution sets down the president's commitments and functions including the right to an amnesty. Either Serzh Sargsyan grants an amnesty or stops fooling about. Let Mr. Sargsyan think whether an amnesty is a must or not. Let him take a sole decision. We don't need this farce. He needn't meet commissions to consult or discuss the question with. The Public Council is simply fooling away its time."
"No one is going to leave prison wards. None of the March 1 political prisoners is going to quit his cell. Just on the contrary, they get insulted when they hear talks about an amnesty. They say "you had better think of yourselves. Don't care for us."
The HAK representative advised not paying too much attention to an amnesty.
"It doesn't matter whether the amnesty will cover the March 1 arrestees or not. They have exceeded all bounds. We have reviewed our tactics-we exclude any cooperation with Serzh Sargsyan regardless of the fact the prisoners will be acquitted or not."
