Heritage does not regard amnesty to be human act

PanARMENIAN.Net - "If granting an amnesty were a human act, then it would be announced long ago", Armen Martirosyan, Chairman of the RA NA Heritage fraction told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



According to him, although many people say this step is directed to turning the page of March 1, 2008 events, but obviously it is impossible to do. "Names of killers of 10 innocent victims are unknown so far, as well as the names of those who gave the command to kill. The page cannot be turned as soon as all circumstances of March 1 and March 2 events are not revealed," he said.



After announcing an amnesty not all political prisoners will be released from prisons, and it leaves a feeling of resentment, Mr. Martirosyan added. "Current amnesty does not solve the problem on the whole, therefore it must be applied to everybody," he stressed.



According to Armen Martirosyan, there is a factor of external sanctions, and the amnesty announced by the president has been directed to mitigate those sanctions. "In my opinion, it is more important to pay attention to internal estimations rather than to outward ones," Mr. Martirosyan said.



The parliamentary Heritage fraction refrained from participating in yesterday's vote in RA NA, except MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, who voted against, Armen Martirosyan said.