YEREVAN. – The Haykakan Zhamanak daily’s sources close to the authorities have informed that the expectations, with respect to declaring amnesty in Armenia and on the occasion of the centenary of the Genocide, may not be met; many in the country’s law enforcement system are against such a decision, the daily reported.  

“The problem is that, after the previous amnesty, the criminogenic situation has substantially strained in Armenia, and numerous people released from prison were arrested again one week, one month later.     

“According to some experts, at present, when the economic situation [in Armenia] is quite complicated, the chances of adaptation of the released have reduced more, and [therefore] the application of amnesty in these conditions may seriously aggravate the criminogenic situation in Armenia, and bring about unwanted consequences.     

“The NA [i.e., the National Assembly] corridors, however, are talking that [President] Serzh Sargsyan still has no final decision on this matter,” Haykakan Zhamanak wrote.