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    ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF CALLS FOR "DECISIVELY" COUNTERING RIOTERS

    Public TV
    March 10 2008
    Armenia

    [Presenter] The chief of the Armenian police has called an
    extraordinary meeting to discuss the operative situation in the capital
    [Yerevan] in the days the state of emergency.

    [The following segment is provided by the police] An extended
    operative meeting was held at the police on 10 March, and Col-Gen
    Hayk Harutyunyan, the chief of the Armenian police, presided over it.

    The meeting was attended by heads and deputy heads of the police
    services and divisions.

    [Passage omitted: the police chief spoke about shortcomings, gave
    more instructions.]

    Harutyunyan instructed to be more decisive in locating and holding
    responsible the organizers and participants of the [1-2 March
    post-election] mass unrest. He emphasized that despite the circulating
    distortions, the police tolerance towards the law-breakers is not
    due to indecisiveness but an effort to persuade our misled citizens
    to behave in line with the law. Summarizing the meeting, Harutyunyan
    instructed the participants [of the meeting] to fully apply all the
    powers and authorities granted to the police, and to decisively counter
    those attempting mass unrest by restoring stability in the republic.
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