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GORIK HAKOBYAN: "VARDAN OSKANYAN TRIES TO DISTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE SOCIETY AND PRESENT HIMSELF AS A "POLITICAL INNOCENT VICTIM""
ARMENPRESS
18 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS: During the last week in the centre
of attention of Medias and society was the examination of former
minister of Foreign affairs, deputy of National Assembly of Armenia by
investigation department of National Security Service of Armenia in the
framework of the case about legalizing the profits received in culprit
way. On this occasion "Armenpress" tried to receive comments from the
Director of National Security Service colonel-general Gorik Hakobyan.
- Mister Hakobyan, some Medias serving to different political aims
this fact qualified as a political order.
- At the first day of examination V. Oskanyan hurried to declare
that there is a political order behind the criminal case. The skilful
diplomat, experienced politician not finding another way out from the
situation hurried to issue such statement and distract the attention
of the society trying to give political inflection to criminal case, to
create an image o political "innocent victim". I would like to mention
that NSS issued a statement only after Oskanyan applied to Medias.
- Vardan Oskanyan and the director of "Civilitas" foundation Salbi
Ghazaryan refused to give evidences in the framework of criminal case.
- During the examination there were put concrete questions about
the criminal case after which thy refused to give evidences. The
law provides them this opportunity, but is not it strange that the
leaders of "Civilitas", whose mission is to strengthen the civic
society in Armenia, instead of supporting the discovery of the
truth, choose for themselves a behavior proper to a representative
of mafia? I can say that as a rule such behavior choose people who
feel the possible consequences of the danger of the discovery. We
can remember many examples when in democratic countries politicians
of different levels are appeared in such situation or as a defendant
or a witness but none of them thinks to refuse to give evidence and
avoid from responsibility in such way.
- In your opinion what is the reason of such a strategy? -
I think that creating all this noise Vardan Oskanyan tries to distract
the attention of the society from the main issues of the case and
present himself as a "political innocent victim". Otherwise the
attention of the society would be concentrated on the fact that any
Armenian foundation or politician did not receive such financing from
American and European Governments, embassies and other organizations
as "Civilitas". Our imperfect legislative field does not exclude such
financing. The attention would be concentrated on the fact that a
diplomat representing the interests of Armenia for many years today
has a political activity in Armenia and publishes newspaper being
financed from abroad. Mister Oskanyan chose another way of speaking
with facts - to avoid from them, mask them under other circumstances,
the issues can not be left unanswered regardless of someone's wish.
ARMENPRESS
18 June, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS: During the last week in the centre
of attention of Medias and society was the examination of former
minister of Foreign affairs, deputy of National Assembly of Armenia by
investigation department of National Security Service of Armenia in the
framework of the case about legalizing the profits received in culprit
way. On this occasion "Armenpress" tried to receive comments from the
Director of National Security Service colonel-general Gorik Hakobyan.
- Mister Hakobyan, some Medias serving to different political aims
this fact qualified as a political order.
- At the first day of examination V. Oskanyan hurried to declare
that there is a political order behind the criminal case. The skilful
diplomat, experienced politician not finding another way out from the
situation hurried to issue such statement and distract the attention
of the society trying to give political inflection to criminal case, to
create an image o political "innocent victim". I would like to mention
that NSS issued a statement only after Oskanyan applied to Medias.
- Vardan Oskanyan and the director of "Civilitas" foundation Salbi
Ghazaryan refused to give evidences in the framework of criminal case.
- During the examination there were put concrete questions about
the criminal case after which thy refused to give evidences. The
law provides them this opportunity, but is not it strange that the
leaders of "Civilitas", whose mission is to strengthen the civic
society in Armenia, instead of supporting the discovery of the
truth, choose for themselves a behavior proper to a representative
of mafia? I can say that as a rule such behavior choose people who
feel the possible consequences of the danger of the discovery. We
can remember many examples when in democratic countries politicians
of different levels are appeared in such situation or as a defendant
or a witness but none of them thinks to refuse to give evidence and
avoid from responsibility in such way.
- In your opinion what is the reason of such a strategy? -
I think that creating all this noise Vardan Oskanyan tries to distract
the attention of the society from the main issues of the case and
present himself as a "political innocent victim". Otherwise the
attention of the society would be concentrated on the fact that any
Armenian foundation or politician did not receive such financing from
American and European Governments, embassies and other organizations
as "Civilitas". Our imperfect legislative field does not exclude such
financing. The attention would be concentrated on the fact that a
diplomat representing the interests of Armenia for many years today
has a political activity in Armenia and publishes newspaper being
financed from abroad. Mister Oskanyan chose another way of speaking
with facts - to avoid from them, mask them under other circumstances,
the issues can not be left unanswered regardless of someone's wish.