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25 December 2009 - 10:25 AMT

Legislators’ letter on releasing Sasun Mikaelyan improper

Armenia’s Ombudsman Armen Harutyunyan estimates parliamentarians’ recent letter requesting presidential pardon for Sasun Mikaelyan as provocation.

“There are relevant procedures the MPs could resort to,” he told a news conference on Friday. “Armenian legislators should have been aware of those procedures and mechanisms. In legal context, such letter could not have resulted in pardon or release.”