"NA Speaker Solved The Issue Of His Legitimacy"

[Karagyozian Lena]

"NA SPEAKER SOLVED THE ISSUE OF HIS LEGITIMACY"

A1+
[07:17 pm] 13 October, 2008

"The Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly invited the U.S. experts
simply to solve the issue of his legitimacy," Republic Party member
Suren Abrahamian told A1+. Note, Suren Abrahamian is involved in the
public committee looking into the March 1 events.

Suren Abrahamian has met with the U.S. experts. He says the meeting was
merely cognitive and was a "demonstration of good will." Asked about
the engagement of the Armenian National Congress in the fact-finding
mission, Suren Abrahamian said: "It depends on the mission's format."

"The fact-finding mission should act by law /and not execute NA
decisions or Presidential decrees/, control the pre-trial body
otherwise everything will be but a farce," said Abrahamian.

In general, Suren Abrahamian thinks the fact-finding mission was to
be set up earlier if they really wanted to reveal the reality.

"Our committee has nothing to do with the NA ad hoc Committee on the
March 1 unrest. The Pan-National Movement expressed distrust towards
the ad hoc Committee and its format just from the very beginning,"
added Mr. Abrahamian.