Khachatur Sukiasyan not afraid to face trialJuly 6, 2009 - 22:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Khachatur Sukiasyan , Member of the National Assembly of Armenia, who is wanted by police since the spring of 2008, distributed a statement today. In his statement he briefly outlined the events of March last year, touched upon the prosecution of citizens for their political views and the amnesty recently granted. Khachatur Sukiasyan emphasized that he is not afraid of the prospect to face a trial because he had not committed a crime. However, he emphasized in the statement that "Attorney General after changing accusations was obliged to obtain the consent of the National Assembly, according to Article 66 of the RA Constitution. This agreement was necessary also to solve the problem of my arrest and continued detention of other MPs that had not been obtained, and, in fact, I have now prosecuted being not deprived of parliamentary immunity." Sukiasyan believes that today he has a right to walk freely in the city, and no police officer has a right to limit his freedom. Armenian MP, who has gone underground, notes that the authorities ignoring the requirements of the latest PACE resolution 1677, will seek to arrest him, and "with the help of judges who are their instruments, get stamps under their false and fabricated accusations". "I am not particularly worried about all that. I am ready to fight for my rights and freedoms, rights and freedoms of my people, and I'm confident that justice will triumph in the end," RA MP Khachatur Sukiasian concluded. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |