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HERITAGE PARTY VICE-CHAIR SPEAKS OF ARMENIA'S POLICE SYSTEM
22:01 ~U 10.04.13
Heritage party Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan, who tops the Barev
Yerevan (Hello Yerevan) list in the elections to Yerevan's Council
of Elders, was beaten by policemen in Baghramyan Avenue on April 9.
"He [the policeman] must have been experienced severe hardships as
a child. Their Ring operation and sadistic treatment is evidence
of one thing only - they are toadies but not defenders of people,"
Mr Martirosyan said.
He refuted the reports on his broken nose and said that Armenian
policemen's wages are so low that they "cannot even afford meat."
Asked about changes in law-enforcers' behavior since 2008, he said
that "this is a system problem. Unfortunately, Armenia's police have
proved unable to become defenders of public order. They have remained
the authorities' servants."
As to whether he was not surprised at being detained given the
meeting between Raffi Hovannisian and Chief of Armenia's police
Vladimir Gasparyan last evening, Mr Martirosyan does not link the
two instances with each other.
In response to a remark about people's disappointment at Raffi
Hovannisian, Mr Martirosyan said that among the disappointed citizens
are those that did not vote for Heritage party leader, those that
tried to make Armenia's political arena meet their own interests by
means of PR technologies. "Such statements are false," he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
22:01 ~U 10.04.13
Heritage party Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan, who tops the Barev
Yerevan (Hello Yerevan) list in the elections to Yerevan's Council
of Elders, was beaten by policemen in Baghramyan Avenue on April 9.
"He [the policeman] must have been experienced severe hardships as
a child. Their Ring operation and sadistic treatment is evidence
of one thing only - they are toadies but not defenders of people,"
Mr Martirosyan said.
He refuted the reports on his broken nose and said that Armenian
policemen's wages are so low that they "cannot even afford meat."
Asked about changes in law-enforcers' behavior since 2008, he said
that "this is a system problem. Unfortunately, Armenia's police have
proved unable to become defenders of public order. They have remained
the authorities' servants."
As to whether he was not surprised at being detained given the
meeting between Raffi Hovannisian and Chief of Armenia's police
Vladimir Gasparyan last evening, Mr Martirosyan does not link the
two instances with each other.
In response to a remark about people's disappointment at Raffi
Hovannisian, Mr Martirosyan said that among the disappointed citizens
are those that did not vote for Heritage party leader, those that
tried to make Armenia's political arena meet their own interests by
means of PR technologies. "Such statements are false," he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian