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Published on June 22, 2009
ONE WILL REFUSE HIS MANDATE, THE OTHER WILL NOT
- Amnestied parliamentarians Hakob Hakobian and Miasnik Malkhasian today announced that one of them would refuse his mandate and the other would not. "What shall I do in the National Assembly? I felt safer in prison than in the National Assembly where I was to vote for and legalize the March 1 carnage and the state of emergency imposed by Robert Kocharian," said Miasnik Malkhasian. Hakob Hakobian will not lay down his mandate as he states to have been elected by people on majoritarian system. "Some 20 000 people voted for me," noted Mr. Hakobian. Hakob Hakobian says he has a grudge against nobody. "Let them blame themselves for their misdeeds. I have a complete imagination of the country and I blame no one," he added.
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Headlines for June 22, 2009JAILED MPS SET FREE
Armenian parliament deputies Miasnik Malkhasian and Hakob Hakobian facing separate trials on charges of organising "mass disturbances" on March 1-2, 2008, were released from the General Jurisdiction Court ...ACQUITTED MPS GATHER NEAR MIASNIKIAN STATUE
Verdicts of former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian and Suren Sirunian, charged with last year's post-election deadly clashes, were announced minutes ago. They were both found guilty under Article ...MP SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS' IMPRISONMENT
Jailed opposition MP Sasun Mikaelian charged with last March 1-2 unrest was sentenced to 8 years' imprisonment on June 22. General pardon didn't cover the detained MP. The situation is rather tense in ...MPS MEET IN THE SAME VENUE
"The struggle continues," Armenia's former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanian announced when leaving the courtroom today. He was set free with one of his associates Suren Sirunian. The prosecutor in ...DEPUTIES LEAVE THE COURT TOGETHER
"The court made a wrongful verdict. We call for an acquittal. I shall be consistent and appeal the verdict at a higher court. We shall administer justice in this country," Armenian jailed MP Miasnik Malkhasian ...VERDICT TO BE APPEALED
Advocate Hovik Arsenian is going to appeal the verdict announced on the case of jailed opposition MP Sasun Mikaelian. "Sasun Mikaelian wasn't granted pardon. The authorities had better free Sasun Mikaelian ...PACE TO REFER TO ARMENIA
PACE summer session kicks off in Strasbourg at 1:30 (local time). Among other issues the Monitoring Committee will consider the issue of Armenia. Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD) and John Prescott (United ...SASUN MIKAELIAN'S SONG DEAFENED THE VERDICT
Today's court trial on the case of MP Sasun Mikaelian was held in a heated atmosphere accompanied by incidents. People gathered in front of the court building expected Sasun Mikaelian to be amnestied ...ONE WILL REFUSE HIS MANDATE, THE OTHER WILL NOT
Amnestied parliamentarians Hakob Hakobian and Miasnik Malkhasian today announced that one of them would refuse his mandate and the other would not. "What shall I do in the National Assembly? I felt safer ...PACE WILL REFER TO AMNESTIED PRISONERS
PACE President Luis Maria de Puig introduced the agenda of the sitting. He says the issue of Iraq will likely be involved on the agenda as the situation is rather tense in the country and has aroused ...CONSIDERATION BEGAN
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is presently considering Armenia's honouring of PACE resolutions. Head of the Armenian delegation David Harutiunian and ...PACE GAVE A POSITIVE ASSESSMENT
"Generally, the co-rapporteurs gave a positive assessment on Armenia but they will continue monitoring," head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Harutiunian said after today's sitting of the Monitoring ...NA SPEAKER OFF TO STRASBOURG
An Armenian delegation headed by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamian, left for Strasbourg to participate in the summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council ...COLLABORATION VS. CRISIS
Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Hovik Abrahamian received Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who is in Armenia on a working visit. After greeting his guest ...JEAN RENO IN THE ROLE OF AN ARMENIAN
"Le Premier Cercle" ("the first circle"), the film by French director Laurent Tuel will open "Golden Apricot" international film festival on July 12. The producer of the film is the famous French Armenian ...
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