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WILL KOCHARYAN STAND TRIAL?
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country21731.html
Published: 16:57:34 - 11/05/2011
The Armenian National Congress describes Robert Kocharyan's interview
as an attempt to justify himself, and advises him to get ready to
stand trial, where his explanations will be helpful to him.
Will he stand trial, and will the law enforcement bodies invite the
leadership of the country to testify? Did Serzh Sargsyan mean this
when he urged the police to start a new investigation?
The new investigation means use of investigative actions which have
not been used yet and revelation of new circumstances, such as the
testimonies of the Armenian leadership who have not been interrogated
yet. The highest ranking person interrogated was the chief of the
police then Haik Harutiunyan who could not make independent decisions.
Robert Kocharyan's interview came after the release of the report
of the Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg, which notes:
"Command responsibility of senior officials in the police and security
services do not seem to have been seriously considered". Hence, the
Commissioner clears the top government from responsibility. Robert
Kocharyan stated that he had not ordered to launch the clampdown on
March 1 and 2, the heads of relevant agencies had ordered.
A new trial can really put a full stop to the case of March 1. The
opposition also stressed the fact that it is better to solve this issue
in Armenia and not to apply to the European Court. Perhaps realizing
that he cannot avoid court, Robert Kocharyan decided to speak about
his perception of the issue and say that if the case goes for trial,
then the prime minister then Serzh Sargsyan the former speaker Tigran
Torosyan also have to be interrogated.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country21731.html
Published: 16:57:34 - 11/05/2011
The Armenian National Congress describes Robert Kocharyan's interview
as an attempt to justify himself, and advises him to get ready to
stand trial, where his explanations will be helpful to him.
Will he stand trial, and will the law enforcement bodies invite the
leadership of the country to testify? Did Serzh Sargsyan mean this
when he urged the police to start a new investigation?
The new investigation means use of investigative actions which have
not been used yet and revelation of new circumstances, such as the
testimonies of the Armenian leadership who have not been interrogated
yet. The highest ranking person interrogated was the chief of the
police then Haik Harutiunyan who could not make independent decisions.
Robert Kocharyan's interview came after the release of the report
of the Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg, which notes:
"Command responsibility of senior officials in the police and security
services do not seem to have been seriously considered". Hence, the
Commissioner clears the top government from responsibility. Robert
Kocharyan stated that he had not ordered to launch the clampdown on
March 1 and 2, the heads of relevant agencies had ordered.
A new trial can really put a full stop to the case of March 1. The
opposition also stressed the fact that it is better to solve this issue
in Armenia and not to apply to the European Court. Perhaps realizing
that he cannot avoid court, Robert Kocharyan decided to speak about
his perception of the issue and say that if the case goes for trial,
then the prime minister then Serzh Sargsyan the former speaker Tigran
Torosyan also have to be interrogated.