HUNGARY’S SOCIALISTS DEMAND ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED SAFAROV DOCS
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 7, 2012 – 19:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Hungary’s opposition Socialist Party has asked
the justice minister to grant access to documents connected with
the Hungarian decision to extradite the Azeri assassin Ramil Safarov
convicted for killing an Armenian officer in Budapest, Politics.hu
reported.
Socialist lawmaker Gergely Barandy told a press conference that a
review of the documents made in preparation of that decision could help
clarify who and to what extent was responsible for Safarov’s transfer.
Safarov was repatriated last week, and was pardoned and released by
the Azeri authorities on arrival in his home country, unleashing a
diplomatic storm, with Armenia suspending diplomatic ties with Hungary.
“There seems a strong chance that the prime minister of Hungary let
loose a criminal serving a life sentence for murder in the hope of
material gain,” the Socialist politician said, referring to reports
that the decision was tied to economic interests between the two
countries.
Barandy said “the public needs more than assumptions”, calling for
non-classified documents to be made public; he urged to grant lawmakers
access to the related classified information.
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