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ARMENIAN MPS SHARE OPINIONS ON APPOINTMENT OF PROSECUTOR GENERAL
20:08 ~U 04.10.13
Head of the Heritage parliamentary group Rubik Hakobyan is unwilling to
speak of the situation following the appointment of Gevorg Kostanyan
as Armenia's Prosecutor General given the fact that both Heritage
group members and the Armenian National Congress (ANC) group members
stated their intention to vote against the president-backed candidate,
but the ballot results showed only three "cons."
With respect to ANC group member Nikol Pashinyan, who video recorded
his ballot paper during the secret ballot, Hakobyan said that the
ANC group member "did what he considered right."
"I would not do it. People seem to be proving they are not fools. I
do not blame anyone," Hakobyan told journalists on Friday.
Secretary of the ANC group Aram Manukyan believed the ballot was
rigged.
"Our group voted against and we believe all those who say they voted
against," he said.
"The authorities' contradictory statements are the ground for us.
Violations are difficult to prove, and I do not think we should look
for those responsible or try to prove that some MPs voted against
Gevorg Kostanyan. We should view it as a provocation, without
swallowing the bait," Manukyan said.
Head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group
Galust Sahakyan does not object to a vote recount.
He accounts for his stance for the opposition political figures'
attitude to the newly appointed Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg
Kostanyan.
"Just each of them voted for him and thought the others would vote
against. It was a thoughtless step on their part," Sahakyan said.
According to the latest amendments to Armenia's Election Code Nikol
Pashinyan's act is a penal one, he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am
20:08 ~U 04.10.13
Head of the Heritage parliamentary group Rubik Hakobyan is unwilling to
speak of the situation following the appointment of Gevorg Kostanyan
as Armenia's Prosecutor General given the fact that both Heritage
group members and the Armenian National Congress (ANC) group members
stated their intention to vote against the president-backed candidate,
but the ballot results showed only three "cons."
With respect to ANC group member Nikol Pashinyan, who video recorded
his ballot paper during the secret ballot, Hakobyan said that the
ANC group member "did what he considered right."
"I would not do it. People seem to be proving they are not fools. I
do not blame anyone," Hakobyan told journalists on Friday.
Secretary of the ANC group Aram Manukyan believed the ballot was
rigged.
"Our group voted against and we believe all those who say they voted
against," he said.
"The authorities' contradictory statements are the ground for us.
Violations are difficult to prove, and I do not think we should look
for those responsible or try to prove that some MPs voted against
Gevorg Kostanyan. We should view it as a provocation, without
swallowing the bait," Manukyan said.
Head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group
Galust Sahakyan does not object to a vote recount.
He accounts for his stance for the opposition political figures'
attitude to the newly appointed Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg
Kostanyan.
"Just each of them voted for him and thought the others would vote
against. It was a thoughtless step on their part," Sahakyan said.
According to the latest amendments to Armenia's Election Code Nikol
Pashinyan's act is a penal one, he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am