Parliament to discuss Armenian-Turkish Protocols on October 1

PanARMENIAN.Net - It's very pity ARF-Dashnaktsutyun decided to change its position now instead of doing that 10 years ago, Heritage faction MP Zaruhi Postanjyan told today a press conference in Yerevan. The party should have taken such steps when there was no democracy and freedom of speech in the country, she said. "Dashnaktsutyun formed part of coalition and could influence the situation in the country. When it was a coalition party, Armenian-Turkish Protocols were already written, and Dashnaktsutyun supported Serzh Sargsyan. A question arises as to why party quit coalition now that the country is in the run-up to making such serious decision," Postanjyan noted.



Commenting on some parties' statements that Heritage fails to take decisive steps with regard to recently signed documents, she said, "We have organized parliamentary hearings on Armenian-Turkish Protocols. They are scheduled for October 1." The party, according to her, proposed Government to conduct referendum on Protocols and applied to Constitutional Court to organize discussions and receive the court's assessments on documents.



ARFD parliamentarian Ruzan Arakelyan stressed in turn that their party never avoided admitting its mistakes. "Dashnaktsutyun, as coalition party, averted events that might have dire consequences for the country," Arakelyan said, adding that Dashnaktsutyun had helped provide solution to many problems related to Karabakh conflict.



Dashnak MP also noted that Ms. Postanjyan made exaggerations by saying that parliament hearing were organized upon their party's initiative. "Those hearing were organized by the demand of Foreign Relations Committee Chair Armen Roustamyan," she said.



With regard to Zaruhi Postanjyan's next question, Arakelyan referred to the coalition agreement which stipulated for ARFD's quitting coalition in case of violations. Armenian -Turkish Protocols became one, she added.