A1 Plus | 19:38:52 | 05-05-2004 | Politics |
ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ATTACHES LITTLE IMPORTANCE TO PACE RESOLUTION
Justice Minister David Harutyunyan, speaking at a news conference on
Tuesday, failed to answer journalists’ question whether Armenian authorities
are going to comply with PACE-adopted resolution, demanding to refrain from
applying administrative detention to rallies’ and demonstrations’
participants, or not.
“There is some misunderstanding between us and the CE”, the answer was.
He pointed out that the facts submitted for the PACE consideration were not
accurate, that’s why value of the document based on them is not so great.
He is concerned about the fact of such kind of documents’ existence. It
would be better, if Armenia wasn’t be a subject of discussion in PACE
sessions, Harutyunyan said.
He is convinced the situation created by some legislative faults. In his
opinion, “administrative detention” conception is inherited from soviet-era
legislation.
But, at the same time, he said the “administrative detention” term can be
replaced by another one. But even so, such a punishment will remain in
practice and can be placed in Penal code.