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YEREVAN. – The amnesty bill will be debated on in several days at the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Protection of Human Rights, and then at the NA session.

Artak Zeynalyan, the Acting Minister of Justice of Armenia, on Friday told about the aforesaid to reporters at parliament.

But he did not say how many people and which types of prisoners will be granted this official pardon, and solely noted that it will be considerable and extensive.

Asked whether this amnesty is linked to Armenia’s prisons being overcrowded, the acting minister responded: “There is no issue of overcrowded penitentiaries in Armenia. (…). The objective of the amnesty is not the reduction of [the number of inmates in] penitentiaries; this is a humanitarian action.”

Reporters also asked why the authorities decided on a general pardon during a pre-election season. In response, however, Zeynalyan stated as follows: “This is an amnesty being carried out on behalf of the whole government and the public; also, on my initiative. It has nothing to do with the pre-election period.”

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