Won’t HHK bilk out of HAK?
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) is ready to vote for the establishment of an opposition-proposed ad hoc committee to probe into the deadly clashes of March 1, 2008 on condition that the issue is brought to a vote at the National Assembly's Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs after February's presidential election. Republican David Harutyunyan, Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, said during today's meeting of the Committee.
Gagik Jhangiryan, a lawmaker of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), first expressed his disagreement saying the HHK and its senior coalition partner Country of Law (OEK), want to "bunco them." Later, he gave his consent provided that the Committee promised to vote for the proposal after the presidential election slated for February, 2013.
At least ten people were killed and more than 100 others injured during the clashes between police and opposition supporters in Yerevan in the wake of the Armenian presidential election of 19 February 2008, in what was the worst street violence in the country's history.
