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    MP charges Armenia's former military prosecutor

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/12/28/zaruhi-postanjyan-mataghis/
    17:17 - 28.12.12


    At a press conference on the Mataghis case on Friday, Zaruhi
    Postanjyan, a Heritage parliamentary group member, stated that
    Armenia's former military prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan, who is now a
    member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) parliamentary group, is
    the main culprit in the 9-year-old case.

    `However, if Gagik Jhangiryan is punished, others will have to appear
    among the accused because he was not alone. All the persons involved
    in the case are holding posts now,' Mrs Postanjyan said.

    She is sure that neither Gagik Jhangiryan nor the others will ever
    `get rid of' this case.

    Armenia's law-enforcement agencies must sober up and admit their
    guilt. They must punish the army commanders that are responsible for
    incidents. `It is impunity enjoyed by military commanders that results
    in such incidents,' Mrs Postanjyan said.

    Razmik Sargsyan, Musa Serobyan and Araik Zalyan, who had been
    sentenced to life imprisonment in the Mataghis case (death of the
    soldiers Roman Yeghiazaryan and Hovsep Mkrtumyan in the Mataghis
    military unit), were found innocent and released from custody in court
    on December 18, 2012.

    The investigative journalist Zhanna Alexanyan said that commanders
    enjoy impunity in Armenia.

    `If the commanders of the military unit are punished it will be a
    great achievement for the army,' Ms Alexanyan said.

    The Mataghis case is among the cases that evoked public response, she added.




    From: A. Papazian
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