PARLIAMENT TO VOTE ON MAY 5 ON ARF MOTION
Armenpress
YEREVAN, MAY 4, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian parliament is expected
to vote tomorrow on a motion that calls for an amendment to a law
on National Holidays and Days of Remembrance. It was initiated by a
coalition member-Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and says that
February 28 should be declared as the day of remembrance of victims
of Armenian pogroms in Soviet Azerbaijan and defense of rights of
thousands of Armenians who fled it to escape imminent death in the
hands of mobs, stirred by up the government officials.
Levon Mkrtchian, head of ARF faction said the motion should become
a retaliation to a massive Azerbaijani propaganda, which is trying
to distort the history by exploiting the issue of Azeri refugees,
who are kept in refugee camps for years to lament over their plight
at international organizations.
Mkrtchian said more than a decade has passed since the start of
Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan and a new generation of politicians
in international organizations have already forgotten about the real
causes of Armenian-Azeri conflict.