Whether PACE will consider Armenia's issue during its fall session

PanARMENIAN.Net - "Authorities were so firm in their statements on amnesty bearing no relationship to March 1 case, that even Europe believed them. And now Hovik Abrahamhyan heads PACE delegation just to show vividly that amnesty puts an end to March 1, 2008 incidents," ANC member Hovhannes Igityan, ex-Chairman of RA delegation in PACE, told a press conference.



The politician is convinced that Europe views matters from a more global standpoint. "Europe's Council is more focused on the fact of people's being persecuted for political views, no matter whether they are still in prison or have been released," he noted.



According to him, the case should have been dismissed for the lack of evidence, so that innocent people wouldn't have been kept in prison for over 18 months.



"If PACE postpones hearings on Armenia till September 23-24, authorities will have to release some detainees by that time," Igityan stated.