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Armenian opposition MP says police offer security guarantees to her family
19:00 - 12.10.13
Tert.am has talked to Zaruhi Postanjyan, a lawmaker of the opposition
Heritage party and a member of Armenia's delegation to the Council of
Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), who has requested security
guarantees from the police in the wake of the developments that
followed her question to President Serzh Sargsyan (about gambling away
a huge sum at a European casino) at the Assembly's plenary session in
Strasburg.
Mrs Postanjyan, you have applied to the chief of police for security
guarantees for you and your family. What response have you received?
What do you expect the individuals accompanying security to offer your
family? Do you think it will bear a temporary character or not?
The deputy chief of the Armenian Police, Hunan Poghosyan, has had a
phone conversation with me and expressed willingness to ensure my
security. I expect the Armenian authorities to properly fulfill the
duty imposed imposed on state; that is, the duty to ensure the safety
of an individual's life and physical security. It is, of course,
desirable, that permissiveness be done away with in our country so
that we could remember the years of repression as an overpassed period
of our history.
You have spoken of threatening letters coming to you through Facebook?
Have such threats been conveyed to you through any channels in Europe
too?
No.
Do you think you are subjected to persecutions in Armenia?
I do.
Mrs Postanjyan, you said on Monday that the PACE Committee on Rules of
Procedure had issued a negative conclusion on [National Assembly
speaker] Hovik Abrahmyan's move to replace you, whereas [Head of the
Armenian Delegation to the PACE] David Harutyunyan said the question
had been discussed in Brussels, without any procedures being
undertaken. Can you say after all whether there has been a written
response from the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, and if so,
when it was and what content it had?
I have said many times before that an official response will be given
after an official request is submitted to the PACE. No official
process has been so far initiated by Hovik Abrahamyan.
Your replacement issue was later attributed to the D'Hondt formula.
What are your comments?
It is necessary to wait for the official process.
Do you regret for the statement?
A struggle for the freedom and independence of one's home country is
not an easy one . This is a struggle led by our ancestors and
transferred to our generation. So our obligation is to continue the
struggle on all fronts. I do believe we are a worthy nation, and we
will have a free, independent and united fatherland. Our children will
be the citizens of freedoms and dignity.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/12/postanjyan-security/
19:00 - 12.10.13
Tert.am has talked to Zaruhi Postanjyan, a lawmaker of the opposition
Heritage party and a member of Armenia's delegation to the Council of
Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), who has requested security
guarantees from the police in the wake of the developments that
followed her question to President Serzh Sargsyan (about gambling away
a huge sum at a European casino) at the Assembly's plenary session in
Strasburg.
Mrs Postanjyan, you have applied to the chief of police for security
guarantees for you and your family. What response have you received?
What do you expect the individuals accompanying security to offer your
family? Do you think it will bear a temporary character or not?
The deputy chief of the Armenian Police, Hunan Poghosyan, has had a
phone conversation with me and expressed willingness to ensure my
security. I expect the Armenian authorities to properly fulfill the
duty imposed imposed on state; that is, the duty to ensure the safety
of an individual's life and physical security. It is, of course,
desirable, that permissiveness be done away with in our country so
that we could remember the years of repression as an overpassed period
of our history.
You have spoken of threatening letters coming to you through Facebook?
Have such threats been conveyed to you through any channels in Europe
too?
No.
Do you think you are subjected to persecutions in Armenia?
I do.
Mrs Postanjyan, you said on Monday that the PACE Committee on Rules of
Procedure had issued a negative conclusion on [National Assembly
speaker] Hovik Abrahmyan's move to replace you, whereas [Head of the
Armenian Delegation to the PACE] David Harutyunyan said the question
had been discussed in Brussels, without any procedures being
undertaken. Can you say after all whether there has been a written
response from the PACE Committee on Rules of Procedure, and if so,
when it was and what content it had?
I have said many times before that an official response will be given
after an official request is submitted to the PACE. No official
process has been so far initiated by Hovik Abrahamyan.
Your replacement issue was later attributed to the D'Hondt formula.
What are your comments?
It is necessary to wait for the official process.
Do you regret for the statement?
A struggle for the freedom and independence of one's home country is
not an easy one . This is a struggle led by our ancestors and
transferred to our generation. So our obligation is to continue the
struggle on all fronts. I do believe we are a worthy nation, and we
will have a free, independent and united fatherland. Our children will
be the citizens of freedoms and dignity.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/12/postanjyan-security/