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OPPOSITION MP TO BE REMOVED FROM ARMENIA'S DELEGATION TO PACE
October 03, 2013 | 12:16
YEREVAN. - Zaruhi Postanjyan, who is opposition Heritage Party National
Assembly (NA) Faction Secretary and member Armenia's delegation to
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will be
removed from the delegation.
NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan made a respective statement during
Thursday's parliamentary session.
"The expression of a political view is not an absolute right. The
Constitution of Armenia envisions that an MP's right to freely express
his or her opinion is limited by the impermissibility of insult or
libel. Also, the PACE Regulation contains a ban on using expressions
that violate human dignity.
"Given NA MP Zaruhi Postanjyan's demeanor yesterday during the
PACE session and based on Armenia's law, I [hereby] declare that I
have consulted with the National Assembly factions and I intend to
make a change in Armenia's delegation to PACE," Abrahamyan stated,
in particular.
To note, during the question and answer session at Wednesday's PACE
plenary session in Strasbourg, France, Zaruhi Postanjyan had asked
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan the following question:
"You have appeared here [in the PACE session] not by the will of
the people, but [rather] as a consequence of organized crime, the
theft of the Armenian people's vote. Therefore you cannot de jure
represent the will and right of the Armenian people. [So,] I'll give
you another question. Have you been to a casino in Europe and lost
70 million euros there, and who paid that amount in your stead?"
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
October 03, 2013 | 12:16
YEREVAN. - Zaruhi Postanjyan, who is opposition Heritage Party National
Assembly (NA) Faction Secretary and member Armenia's delegation to
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will be
removed from the delegation.
NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan made a respective statement during
Thursday's parliamentary session.
"The expression of a political view is not an absolute right. The
Constitution of Armenia envisions that an MP's right to freely express
his or her opinion is limited by the impermissibility of insult or
libel. Also, the PACE Regulation contains a ban on using expressions
that violate human dignity.
"Given NA MP Zaruhi Postanjyan's demeanor yesterday during the
PACE session and based on Armenia's law, I [hereby] declare that I
have consulted with the National Assembly factions and I intend to
make a change in Armenia's delegation to PACE," Abrahamyan stated,
in particular.
To note, during the question and answer session at Wednesday's PACE
plenary session in Strasbourg, France, Zaruhi Postanjyan had asked
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan the following question:
"You have appeared here [in the PACE session] not by the will of
the people, but [rather] as a consequence of organized crime, the
theft of the Armenian people's vote. Therefore you cannot de jure
represent the will and right of the Armenian people. [So,] I'll give
you another question. Have you been to a casino in Europe and lost
70 million euros there, and who paid that amount in your stead?"
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am