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    CERTAIN FIGURES DO NOT STAND TRIAL

    Lragir.am
    22 May 06

    In the May 22 meeting of parliament the adoption of the agenda was
    hampered again by the opposition. The first meeting of the four-day
    session, opened with the resignation of the speaker, was "devoted" to
    the resignation of the speaker of the National Assembly. In accordance
    with the bylaws, within five days Arthur Baghdasaryan must reaffirm his
    resignation, which is then accepted by the parliament. The opposition,
    however, claimed debates on the resignation of the speaker before
    adoption of the agenda. Tigran Torosyan replied that this is not
    foreseen in the regulations. Then the opposition decided to use the
    opportunity, and the time foreseen for speeches on the agenda were
    used for assessments of the opposition to the resignation of the
    speaker. The leader of the National Unity Artashes Geghamyan was
    highly vigorous, who accused Arthur Baghdasaryan of avoiding giving
    the names of Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan and bypassing
    them in criticism. Artashes Geghamyan suspects that this might be
    the consequence of the atmosphere of fear pointed out by Arthur
    Baghdasaryan. Geghamyan thinks that Arthur Baghdasaryan himself
    became the victim of the same atmosphere of fear. Hovanes Margaryan,
    a member of the Orinats Yerkir faction, retorted, saying that Orinats
    Yerkir is not a scared political force.

    "Our fear was arrested and imprisoned long ago. We have established
    our political line and we have always frankly and clearly expressed
    our opinions," said Hovanes Margaryan.

    Victor Dallakyan made a statement about the political and parliamentary
    crisis, saying that the secession of Orinats Yerkir marked the
    collapse of the coalition. "In accordance with the coalition memorandum
    signed in 2003, if a party secedes from the coalition, the coalition
    stops. In other word, what we have today in the Republic of Armenia
    is a parliamentary and political crisis. The coalition does not exist
    any longer, and there can be two solutions from the points of view of
    politics and political science. One is to dissolve the parliament,
    the other is to dismiss the government and form a new parliamentary
    majority," says Victor Dallakyan.

    According to Victor Dallakyan, it is political nonsense to pretend
    that nothing happened, and to trade in offices.

    Despite the attempts of Deputy Speaker Tigran Torosyan to
    prevent discussion at the expense of adoption of the agenda, he
    was nevertheless, involved in the debate, mostly due to Artashes
    Geghamyan. Geghamyan reminded about Arthur Baghdasaryan's statement
    that a number of bills damaging the interests of people may be
    introduced to the parliament. According to Geghamyan, it is a direct
    accusation against the Republican majority.

    Tigran Torosyan thinks that what happened is a regular political
    process, and requires an adequate attitude. According to Tigran
    Torosyan, this is required from all the political forces.

    "Orinats Yerkir does not need protection, and the opposite is
    Pharisaic. As well as attempts to protect, attempts to say something.

    Whatever outlooks Orinats Yerkir had, it expressed them directly
    and straightforwardly. It does not depend on whether I agree, or you
    agree, or both of us disagree. It is a matter of morality, a moral
    attitude towards our colleagues. And it will be correct if we remain
    within these limits. I agree that a number of challenges and abusive
    phrases have nothing to do with morality, and unfortunately, the first
    steps show that certain political figures do not stand this trial,"
    stated Tigran Torosyan.
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