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CHAKHALYAN WILL NOT BE FREED?
James Hakobyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/right/view/28626
18:34 14/01/2013
The advocate of the imprisoned Javakheti-based Armenian activist
Vahagn Chakhalyan announced that the law on amnesty will not apply
to Chakhalyan. His name was not on the list of those eligible for
release under this act of amnesty, Stepan Voskanyan said. The names
of some people had been withdrawn from the list, he said.
The reasons are not known to the advocate, and he will be able to
comment on them only after meeting with Vahagn Chakhalyan.
The decision of the Georgian government is especially interesting in
the context of the visit of its Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili
on January 17.
This is Ivanishvili's third foreign visit since his election. His
first visit was to Brussels, the second was to Azerbaijan and the
third is to Yerevan.
Earlier in November the president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili
visited Yerevan. He attended the EPP EaP summit, hugged Serzh Sargsyan
warmly. By the way, the Armenian press reported that during the
Georgian parliamentary election where Saakashvili's party lost the
election to the billionaire Ivanishvili, the Armenian government
tried to use its connections in the Armenian Georgian community,
particularly its resource among the Armenians of Javakheti to support
Saakashvili's party, so there may be trouble between Ivanishvili and
the Armenian government.
In addition, after Ivanishvili's victory Yerevan did not hurry to
congratulate him. Instead, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Gagik Tsarukyan
congratulated him vigorously. The media supporting them circulated
comparisons between Ivanishvili and Gagik Tsarukyan. In addition,
they were said similar not only by their millions but also their
loyalty to Russia, so therefore the goalkeepers of the Russian policy
were the first to congratulate Ivanishvili's victory.
Later these figures withdrew from the election one after the other,
and Serzh Sargsyan's reelection is almost ensured, and Ivanishvili
comes to Armenia when Serzh Sargsyan has strengthened his foothold.
Perhaps Ivanishvili did not free Vahagn Chakhalyan ahead of his visit
to have a forceful argument in the Armenian-Georgian negotiations,
especially considering Serzh Sargsyan's strength and the so-called
disputable motives of his relationship with the Armenian government.
James Hakobyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/right/view/28626
18:34 14/01/2013
The advocate of the imprisoned Javakheti-based Armenian activist
Vahagn Chakhalyan announced that the law on amnesty will not apply
to Chakhalyan. His name was not on the list of those eligible for
release under this act of amnesty, Stepan Voskanyan said. The names
of some people had been withdrawn from the list, he said.
The reasons are not known to the advocate, and he will be able to
comment on them only after meeting with Vahagn Chakhalyan.
The decision of the Georgian government is especially interesting in
the context of the visit of its Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili
on January 17.
This is Ivanishvili's third foreign visit since his election. His
first visit was to Brussels, the second was to Azerbaijan and the
third is to Yerevan.
Earlier in November the president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili
visited Yerevan. He attended the EPP EaP summit, hugged Serzh Sargsyan
warmly. By the way, the Armenian press reported that during the
Georgian parliamentary election where Saakashvili's party lost the
election to the billionaire Ivanishvili, the Armenian government
tried to use its connections in the Armenian Georgian community,
particularly its resource among the Armenians of Javakheti to support
Saakashvili's party, so there may be trouble between Ivanishvili and
the Armenian government.
In addition, after Ivanishvili's victory Yerevan did not hurry to
congratulate him. Instead, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Gagik Tsarukyan
congratulated him vigorously. The media supporting them circulated
comparisons between Ivanishvili and Gagik Tsarukyan. In addition,
they were said similar not only by their millions but also their
loyalty to Russia, so therefore the goalkeepers of the Russian policy
were the first to congratulate Ivanishvili's victory.
Later these figures withdrew from the election one after the other,
and Serzh Sargsyan's reelection is almost ensured, and Ivanishvili
comes to Armenia when Serzh Sargsyan has strengthened his foothold.
Perhaps Ivanishvili did not free Vahagn Chakhalyan ahead of his visit
to have a forceful argument in the Armenian-Georgian negotiations,
especially considering Serzh Sargsyan's strength and the so-called
disputable motives of his relationship with the Armenian government.