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EITHER AFRAID OF OLIGARCH OR...
Siranuysh Papyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview26642.html
Published: 13:56:02 - 22/06/2012
Arthur Sakunts, the head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor
office, commented on the crime committed in Harsnakar
Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan told in regard to revelation of
the crime committed in Harsnakar that everything will be done to
punish those guilty. Everyone condemns the incident. Will it enable
a fair investigation?
The incident particularly attracted attention not because of the
status of the sufferers but because of the cause, and I expected the
law-enforcement bodies to be more rigid, fast and transparent.
Unfortunately, the police made a statement only in the result of
discussion on Facebook. Moreover, Ruben Hairapetyan spoke about the
incident only two days ago, and he was surprisingly silent till then.
I can't understand Ruben Hairapetyan's words that he will punish
everyone. How will he punish? Does he continue the same behavior or
can he perform a punitive function regarding the security staff of
his family business, as he says? The Police statement notes that
everyone is equal before law. Isn't two or three days a long time
for the police to realize that the principle of equality before law
should be dominant? It means the delay was needed to understand how
they should behave because the statements of the police and Ruben
Hairapetyan occurred at the same time, which is evidence that not the
legal evaluation of the issue is analyzed but the approach based on
political expediency. In other words, people met and discussed and
seeing the public reaction to what has happened they concluded that
they had better make a statement.
Some people recalled the incident that happened to an innocent person
involving the bodyguards of Levon Sargsyan. Is this the result of
impunity?
Bodyguards of oligarchs perform punitive, assaulting, not security
functions, and it does not matter whose bodyguards they are, Samvel
Alexanyan's, Ruben Hairapetyan's or Gagik Tsarukyan's. This behavior
of theirs is clear impunity, their masters are unpunished, beyond the
law, so they think they are like their masters, unpunished. There
have been a number of cases of impunity, and now Ruben Hairapetyan
announced that he did not give them orders, he has nothing to do with
it, they had been instructed to act so in the beginning.
Interestingly, Ruben Hairapetyan states had they know it was a major
of the Ministry of Defense, they would not have done it. So, if there
were other citizens, they could. Are they being selective...? From
this point of view, I do not trust the statement of the police that
they will do everything they can, the principle of equality will be
observed, because the police announced before the elections that a
headquarters is established which will combat crime but we witnessed
mass reports of vote buying, and the headquarters did not report any
preventive action. In other words, there was total inaction, and they
reacted to reports only a few days after the elections, their first
response to our report was on May 11. Besides, one of the sufferers
says the assaulters were 15, whereas 7 have been arrested, where
are the other 9? In order to account to the society they temporarily
sacrifice these people, and I have no hope that all those responsible
will be prosecuted. In other words, again deals and arrangements work,
not the legal mechanisms.
In your opinion, why none of the parties, even the opposition parties
made statements?
This is evidence that a wider scope is involved in these games, and
both the opposition and the government have been mutated. Had this
thing happened a year ago, condemnation would come, the absence of
such a statement is the result of cohesion of these forces with the
oligarchy. One cannot make other suggestions because if you remember
Levon Zurabyan said show us a fact that the PA offered electoral
bribes? This is a typical police statement, this is something like
whitewashing, and either everyone is afraid of Ruben Hairapetyan or
they cooperate with him. First of all, not separate representatives
but the RPA must express their stance. The representatives of ARF
who paid the bail to release those who organized the blast in the
DIY club gave their political support to the culture of violence,
and now resisting the culture of violence appears to be a surprise
to them because the logic "he's son of a bitch but our son of a
bitch" does not allow an adequate assessment. I repeat this is a
crime committed by the security guards of a member of parliament,
a family business, as he say, and in a normal country he would have
resigned, and the political party would have tried to keep him in a
distance but now the persons who had been instructed to act will be
scapegoats. The doctor's life is endangered, and refraining from a
political evaluation they are engaged in sophistry.
Meanwhile, the political opposition does not evaluate this incident
because either it is afraid of Ruben Hairapetyan or they are good
friends and don't want to spoil their relations.
Violence defies limits, and this is the result of many years of
impunity. However, public protest is univocal and condemning and will
not fade away.
Ruben Hairapetyan did not apologize for the behavior of his employees
or is he responsible for profit only...?
Siranuysh Papyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/interview26642.html
Published: 13:56:02 - 22/06/2012
Arthur Sakunts, the head of Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Vanadzor
office, commented on the crime committed in Harsnakar
Chief of Police Vladimir Gasparyan told in regard to revelation of
the crime committed in Harsnakar that everything will be done to
punish those guilty. Everyone condemns the incident. Will it enable
a fair investigation?
The incident particularly attracted attention not because of the
status of the sufferers but because of the cause, and I expected the
law-enforcement bodies to be more rigid, fast and transparent.
Unfortunately, the police made a statement only in the result of
discussion on Facebook. Moreover, Ruben Hairapetyan spoke about the
incident only two days ago, and he was surprisingly silent till then.
I can't understand Ruben Hairapetyan's words that he will punish
everyone. How will he punish? Does he continue the same behavior or
can he perform a punitive function regarding the security staff of
his family business, as he says? The Police statement notes that
everyone is equal before law. Isn't two or three days a long time
for the police to realize that the principle of equality before law
should be dominant? It means the delay was needed to understand how
they should behave because the statements of the police and Ruben
Hairapetyan occurred at the same time, which is evidence that not the
legal evaluation of the issue is analyzed but the approach based on
political expediency. In other words, people met and discussed and
seeing the public reaction to what has happened they concluded that
they had better make a statement.
Some people recalled the incident that happened to an innocent person
involving the bodyguards of Levon Sargsyan. Is this the result of
impunity?
Bodyguards of oligarchs perform punitive, assaulting, not security
functions, and it does not matter whose bodyguards they are, Samvel
Alexanyan's, Ruben Hairapetyan's or Gagik Tsarukyan's. This behavior
of theirs is clear impunity, their masters are unpunished, beyond the
law, so they think they are like their masters, unpunished. There
have been a number of cases of impunity, and now Ruben Hairapetyan
announced that he did not give them orders, he has nothing to do with
it, they had been instructed to act so in the beginning.
Interestingly, Ruben Hairapetyan states had they know it was a major
of the Ministry of Defense, they would not have done it. So, if there
were other citizens, they could. Are they being selective...? From
this point of view, I do not trust the statement of the police that
they will do everything they can, the principle of equality will be
observed, because the police announced before the elections that a
headquarters is established which will combat crime but we witnessed
mass reports of vote buying, and the headquarters did not report any
preventive action. In other words, there was total inaction, and they
reacted to reports only a few days after the elections, their first
response to our report was on May 11. Besides, one of the sufferers
says the assaulters were 15, whereas 7 have been arrested, where
are the other 9? In order to account to the society they temporarily
sacrifice these people, and I have no hope that all those responsible
will be prosecuted. In other words, again deals and arrangements work,
not the legal mechanisms.
In your opinion, why none of the parties, even the opposition parties
made statements?
This is evidence that a wider scope is involved in these games, and
both the opposition and the government have been mutated. Had this
thing happened a year ago, condemnation would come, the absence of
such a statement is the result of cohesion of these forces with the
oligarchy. One cannot make other suggestions because if you remember
Levon Zurabyan said show us a fact that the PA offered electoral
bribes? This is a typical police statement, this is something like
whitewashing, and either everyone is afraid of Ruben Hairapetyan or
they cooperate with him. First of all, not separate representatives
but the RPA must express their stance. The representatives of ARF
who paid the bail to release those who organized the blast in the
DIY club gave their political support to the culture of violence,
and now resisting the culture of violence appears to be a surprise
to them because the logic "he's son of a bitch but our son of a
bitch" does not allow an adequate assessment. I repeat this is a
crime committed by the security guards of a member of parliament,
a family business, as he say, and in a normal country he would have
resigned, and the political party would have tried to keep him in a
distance but now the persons who had been instructed to act will be
scapegoats. The doctor's life is endangered, and refraining from a
political evaluation they are engaged in sophistry.
Meanwhile, the political opposition does not evaluate this incident
because either it is afraid of Ruben Hairapetyan or they are good
friends and don't want to spoil their relations.
Violence defies limits, and this is the result of many years of
impunity. However, public protest is univocal and condemning and will
not fade away.
Ruben Hairapetyan did not apologize for the behavior of his employees
or is he responsible for profit only...?