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ARMENIAN MP CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO PREVENT NEW VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY
tert.am
02.07.12
A lawmaker of the Prosperous Armenian party, Naira Zohrabyan, has
called for maximum efforts to prevent deadly incidents like that of
Harsnakar restaurant.
"We all have to be together, regardless of whether we are from the
ruling party or the opposition, or a representative of the civil
society. A tumultuous case as this has to make us all voice our
protest in this connection," she told reporters today when walking
to deceased military doctor, Vahe Avetyan's house together with a
group of 50 people.
Avetyan, who was the chief of the ENT Department at the Yerevan
Garrison Hospital, was beaten severely by the restaurant's security
guards on June 17. He was hospitalized in a critical condition and
was later operated on, but doctors appeared powerless to save his life.
The serious damages to his brain had created conditions incompatible
with life, and the doctor died in hospital on Friday evening.
Avetyan's funerals is on Monday afternoon. Among the politicians and
activists walking to the his place were members of the Prosperous
Armenia party and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
Harsnaqar is owned by ruling Republican Party lawmaker Ruben
Hayrapetyan, who is also the president of the Football Federation
of Armenia (FFA). One of the men involved in the scuffle was later
reported to be his personal bodyguard.
Asked about Hayrapetyan's share of guilt in the incident, the PAP
member said: "I wouldn't like to breach the presumption of innocence
clause in relation to anyone because I don't think there has been
an instruction. What troubles me is how an Armenian man can become
brutal enough to deprive a human being of life."
Zohrabyan declined to comment on whether she will vote for or against
a proposal on stripping the ruling party member off mandate.
The participants of the procession are planning a gathering outside
the Presidential Office after the funerals.
An honor guard from the defense ministry is also attending the
ceremony.
tert.am
02.07.12
A lawmaker of the Prosperous Armenian party, Naira Zohrabyan, has
called for maximum efforts to prevent deadly incidents like that of
Harsnakar restaurant.
"We all have to be together, regardless of whether we are from the
ruling party or the opposition, or a representative of the civil
society. A tumultuous case as this has to make us all voice our
protest in this connection," she told reporters today when walking
to deceased military doctor, Vahe Avetyan's house together with a
group of 50 people.
Avetyan, who was the chief of the ENT Department at the Yerevan
Garrison Hospital, was beaten severely by the restaurant's security
guards on June 17. He was hospitalized in a critical condition and
was later operated on, but doctors appeared powerless to save his life.
The serious damages to his brain had created conditions incompatible
with life, and the doctor died in hospital on Friday evening.
Avetyan's funerals is on Monday afternoon. Among the politicians and
activists walking to the his place were members of the Prosperous
Armenia party and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
Harsnaqar is owned by ruling Republican Party lawmaker Ruben
Hayrapetyan, who is also the president of the Football Federation
of Armenia (FFA). One of the men involved in the scuffle was later
reported to be his personal bodyguard.
Asked about Hayrapetyan's share of guilt in the incident, the PAP
member said: "I wouldn't like to breach the presumption of innocence
clause in relation to anyone because I don't think there has been
an instruction. What troubles me is how an Armenian man can become
brutal enough to deprive a human being of life."
Zohrabyan declined to comment on whether she will vote for or against
a proposal on stripping the ruling party member off mandate.
The participants of the procession are planning a gathering outside
the Presidential Office after the funerals.
An honor guard from the defense ministry is also attending the
ceremony.