Presidential Press Secretary Samvel Farmanyan has informed Armenian Public Radio that on December 3rd ROA President Serzh Sargsyan granted a pardon to three individuals found guilty of crimes related to the March 1st public disturbances in Yerevan. The three, Edward Ashughyan, Arman Margaryan and Artur Nazanyan, had received jail sentences of three to three and one half years for violating the public order, resisting police arrest and commiting acts of violence. Press Secretary Farmanyan noted that the President, in granting the pardon, took into account that the three individuals had petitioned him for clemency, that they had no prior criminal record and other family issues.