Kocharian: state-of-emergency mitigated twice due to quiet situation in Yerevan
14.03.2008,
16:13
Quiet situation in Yerevan allowed mitigating the state-of-emergency provisions twice, Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian said at his meeting with CE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg.
YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. Quiet situation in Yerevan allowed mitigating the state-of-emergency provisions twice, Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian said at his meeting with CE Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg.
Kocharian pointed out the failure to prevent undesirable developments when the authorities had to take measures to settle the situation.
The sides addressed the status of human rights’ protection in the country under the state of emergency and stressed the importance of measures to settle the situation as soon as possible.
On March 1 Armenia’s President imposed a state of emergency on Yerevan, effective for 20 days, under item 6 paragraph 14 of Article 55, Armenia’s Constitution (threat to the country’s security and population) in connection with the opposition protest actions against the outcome of the presidential elections developing into mass disturbances.
Thursday Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian lifted a number of restrictions on mass media under state-of-emergency. On March 10 the President signed a decree on lifting the provisions on “temporary interruption of activities of parties and other public organizations, which hinder the elimination of the conditions, which became a reason for imposing the state of emergency” and “sending out the people, who violated legal order of the state of emergency and who do not reside in the zone of its effect”. –0—
Kocharian pointed out the failure to prevent undesirable developments when the authorities had to take measures to settle the situation.
The sides addressed the status of human rights’ protection in the country under the state of emergency and stressed the importance of measures to settle the situation as soon as possible.
On March 1 Armenia’s President imposed a state of emergency on Yerevan, effective for 20 days, under item 6 paragraph 14 of Article 55, Armenia’s Constitution (threat to the country’s security and population) in connection with the opposition protest actions against the outcome of the presidential elections developing into mass disturbances.
Thursday Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian lifted a number of restrictions on mass media under state-of-emergency. On March 10 the President signed a decree on lifting the provisions on “temporary interruption of activities of parties and other public organizations, which hinder the elimination of the conditions, which became a reason for imposing the state of emergency” and “sending out the people, who violated legal order of the state of emergency and who do not reside in the zone of its effect”. –0—
