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Z. Postanjian makes complaints to PACE against NA speaker
Member of Heritage faction of the Armenian parliament Zaruhi
Postanjian applied to the procedure rules commission of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She said that
the speaker of Armenia's National Assembly wants to remove her from
the Armenian delegation to the PACE because of the question she asked
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, according to Azatutyun.am.
According to Z. Postanjuan, she received explanations from that
commission of the PACE. The commission said Hovik Abrahamian has no
authority to make changes in the composition of the Armenian
delegation because the delegation's composition was already approved,
and if the speaker makes an attempt to hinder her activities, the
Council of Europe will react.
The opposition deputy expressed confidence that H. Abrahamian will not
be able to exclude her from the Armenian delegation in the future as
well because all the factions of the Armenian parliament shall be
represented in the PACE. If any problems arise in January of next year
when the composition and powers of the new delegation are approved,
then the European institution will react.
The Council of Europe has not yet received any official document from
the speaker of the Armenian parliament and it therefore cannot take
any actions.
Meanwhile, another member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE,
deputy of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction Ms. Naira Zohrabian
said that Postanjian's question shocked PACE deputies. `None of the
parliamentarians said that it was a good question. It was unacceptable
to everyone, including those deputies who are famous for their
anti-Armenian sentiments and who always gloated over unpleasant
incidents concerning Armenia. Even to them, that statement was
absolutely unacceptable. But if any actions are organized in the
airport, I will consider this unacceptable, too,' she noted.
We would remind you that in response to the press reports that the
youth wing of the Republican Party of Armenia plans to stage a protest
against Heritage faction deputy Zaruhi Postanjian upon her return from
Strasbourg and to pelt her with eggs and tomatoes, the spokesman for
the Armenian president Arman Saghatelian said that the presidential
office considers holding such actions as incorrect.
`We don't accept the intentions of various sides to stage a protest
against Z. Postanjian at the airport and consider them incorrect. We
appeal to everyone to refrain from such initiatives,' Arman
Saghatelian stated.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/10/04/postanjyan/
Member of Heritage faction of the Armenian parliament Zaruhi
Postanjian applied to the procedure rules commission of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She said that
the speaker of Armenia's National Assembly wants to remove her from
the Armenian delegation to the PACE because of the question she asked
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, according to Azatutyun.am.
According to Z. Postanjuan, she received explanations from that
commission of the PACE. The commission said Hovik Abrahamian has no
authority to make changes in the composition of the Armenian
delegation because the delegation's composition was already approved,
and if the speaker makes an attempt to hinder her activities, the
Council of Europe will react.
The opposition deputy expressed confidence that H. Abrahamian will not
be able to exclude her from the Armenian delegation in the future as
well because all the factions of the Armenian parliament shall be
represented in the PACE. If any problems arise in January of next year
when the composition and powers of the new delegation are approved,
then the European institution will react.
The Council of Europe has not yet received any official document from
the speaker of the Armenian parliament and it therefore cannot take
any actions.
Meanwhile, another member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE,
deputy of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction Ms. Naira Zohrabian
said that Postanjian's question shocked PACE deputies. `None of the
parliamentarians said that it was a good question. It was unacceptable
to everyone, including those deputies who are famous for their
anti-Armenian sentiments and who always gloated over unpleasant
incidents concerning Armenia. Even to them, that statement was
absolutely unacceptable. But if any actions are organized in the
airport, I will consider this unacceptable, too,' she noted.
We would remind you that in response to the press reports that the
youth wing of the Republican Party of Armenia plans to stage a protest
against Heritage faction deputy Zaruhi Postanjian upon her return from
Strasbourg and to pelt her with eggs and tomatoes, the spokesman for
the Armenian president Arman Saghatelian said that the presidential
office considers holding such actions as incorrect.
`We don't accept the intentions of various sides to stage a protest
against Z. Postanjian at the airport and consider them incorrect. We
appeal to everyone to refrain from such initiatives,' Arman
Saghatelian stated.
http://www.aysor.am/en/news/2013/10/04/postanjyan/