YEREVAN.- Armenian parliament opened the Monday session with the debate on the March 1 events.

The parliament discussed creation of an ad hoc committee to investigate the actions of law enforcers during the March 1 events, following the 2008 presidential elections.

The draft bill on creation of ad hoc committee is authored by MPs Stepan Demerchyan, Levon Zurabyan, Gagi k Jahangiryan, Nikol Pashinyan, Lyudmila Sargsyan and Aram Manukyan.       

Prosperous Armenia faction expressed no opposition against the draft bill.

In his turn Galust Sahakyan, representing the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, noted  that they are not opposing the idea but have some offers and want to work on the draft decision together with the opposition.       

One of the authors Gagik Jahangiryan agreed to offers presented by the ruling party and welcomed the initiative to postpone the vote to the next four-day parliamentary hearings.   

Armenian opposition did not recognize official results of the presidential election held on February 19, 2008. Leader of the opposition Levon Ter-Petrosyan organized rallies in Liberty Square, in the center of Yerevan, which lasted until March 1. Thousands took to the streets demanding that official election results should be canceled. Ten people, including two law enforcers, became victims of confrontation.