KEY COMMITTEE APPROVES FRESH PARLIAMENTARY PROBE INTO 2008 POST-ELECTION UNREST
POLITICS | 15.03.13 | 13:32
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A key parliament panel has approved the establishment of a new
commission to look into the deadly post-election riots that took
place in Armenia five years ago.
All members of the National Assembly~Rs standing committee on state
and legal affairs present at Friday~Rs meeting reportedly voted in
favor of the relevant motion submitted by the opposition Armenian
National Congress (ANC).
Ten people were killed and several hundred injured when security
personnel dispersed street demonstrations on March 1-2, 2008 in the
wake of a presidential election disputed by current ANC leader Levon
Ter-Petrosyan and his supporters.
A similar commission was set up in the Armenian parliament several
years ago, but as a result of its work it did not find any government
representative to be held responsible for the events.
Dozens of opposition members were imprisoned on charges stemming from
their alleged roles in the unrest. All of them had been amnestied
and released by mid-2011.
David Harutyunyan, head of the parliament~Rs committee on state
and legal affairs, told media today that a draft resolution on the
establishment of the ~SMarch 1~T commission could be put on the agenda
of any four-day session of the parliament at the discretion of Speaker
Hovik Abrahamyan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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