CHAIRMAN OF HERITAGE PARTY APPLIES TO PROSECUTOR GENERAL AND POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH CLOSURE OF PARTY OFFICE
Noyan Tapan
Mar 13 2006
YEREVAN, MARCH 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The closure of the central office
of the Zharangutyun (Heritage) Party has resulted in an actual
suspension of the party’s activities. This is stated in an application
filed by Chairman of the Heritage Party Raffi Hovannisian to the RA
Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian and the Chief of the RA Police Hayk
Harutyunian. “The archives, stamp of the party and all the documents
necessary for its normal activity, as well as some personal and family
items are in the office. So I am applying to you with a request to
consider this as a statement about an action with characteristics
of a crime, give the appropriate assessment of what has happened,
find those guilty and hold them responsible,” a press release of
R. Hovannisian says.
According to the party, on March 9 Raffi Hovhannisian had a talk
about this issue with the Armenian Prime Minister, who promised to
settle the issue of the office closure as soon as possible under his
personal supervuision.
The following day – March 10, Raffi Hovhannisian proposed in writing
that the Director of the State Musical Comedy Theatre after Hakob
Paronian to lift immediately “the illegal ban on the right to enter
his own work place” – prior to the Prime Minister’s decree, but there
has been no response so far.