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CONDEMNING HAYRAPETYAN'S VIOLENT ACTION, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA (RPA) SHOWS ITS OLIGARCHIC NATURE, A HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE SAYS
Arpine SIMONYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/09/89001/
July 9, 2012 16:31
"If everything boiled down to apologizing, at least 50% of the
convicts in correctional institutions wouldn't have been convicted,"
Artur Sakunts, the manager of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor
Office, said during a conversation with www.aravot.am, talking about
the case of Arman Veziryan who had undergone Ruben Hayrapetyan's
violent treatment.
Mr. Sakunts thinks that Arman Veziryan will put up with the violent
action and will not report to the police, "But Veziryan is not the
issue here, it is not a separate action or an individual case, the
issue is that on the day of commemorating a person who had died because
of a violent action, another violent action is taken. That culture
of violence is of systemic nature - it is the only way to interact
with citizens, it is an obvious proof of an oligarchic system. Those
minor tricks of apologizing etc.; this is not the case when we will
naively say that everything has changed by that."
Mr. Sakunts said they demanded that Republican Party discuss and
condemn that violent action, "Mr. Hayrapetyan's party, not condemning
such actions, is oligarchic in nature and for an oligarchic system,
there are no interests of citizens, except for its own interests, this
is being proved and we don't have any intention to put up with that."
Arpine SIMONYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/09/89001/
July 9, 2012 16:31
"If everything boiled down to apologizing, at least 50% of the
convicts in correctional institutions wouldn't have been convicted,"
Artur Sakunts, the manager of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor
Office, said during a conversation with www.aravot.am, talking about
the case of Arman Veziryan who had undergone Ruben Hayrapetyan's
violent treatment.
Mr. Sakunts thinks that Arman Veziryan will put up with the violent
action and will not report to the police, "But Veziryan is not the
issue here, it is not a separate action or an individual case, the
issue is that on the day of commemorating a person who had died because
of a violent action, another violent action is taken. That culture
of violence is of systemic nature - it is the only way to interact
with citizens, it is an obvious proof of an oligarchic system. Those
minor tricks of apologizing etc.; this is not the case when we will
naively say that everything has changed by that."
Mr. Sakunts said they demanded that Republican Party discuss and
condemn that violent action, "Mr. Hayrapetyan's party, not condemning
such actions, is oligarchic in nature and for an oligarchic system,
there are no interests of citizens, except for its own interests, this
is being proved and we don't have any intention to put up with that."