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Second Coup
On April 9 the second coup against Serzh Sargsyan was thwarted,
and the chief of police of Yerevan Nersik Nazaryan was dismissed.
Interestingly, in the first case responsibility was tracked back to
the police, and the chief of road police Margar Ohanyan was arrested.
The press reported that Ohanyan was charged with stolen police car pool
fuel because his participation in an attempt of a coup became known.
According to these publications, Robert Kocharyan's wing proposed
that Ohanyan use the road police to support the PAP, i.e. Kocharyan
during the election. At that time, Vova Gasparyan, the head of the
military police then, was said to have revealed the coup.
In fact, Gasparyan has "revealed" the second attempt of coup on
April 9. On Baghramyan Avenue the situation could get out of control
and cause a clash with police with unpredictable consequences or
provocations.
The revelation of the first attempt of coup began at the police and
reached the National Assembly. Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan resigned,
saying that he was going to head the campaign headquarters of the RPA.
The press reported, however, that Abrahamyan participated in Margar
Ohanyan's recruitment.
Does this mean that the revelation of the second case will reach the
political part of the government with all the ensuing consequences?
Of course, it is impossible to state for sure but there are enough
similarities between these two situations are to expect that this
case will end similarly.
It is hard to tell who will claim political responsibility for what
happened. It is not ruled out that history will repeat, and faces
and names will repeat too.
It is also possible that Serzh Sargsyan is using the story of
internal coups for the second time to control the situation inside the
government more effectively. In addition, it is like a psychological
test for the system. If Sargsyan is able to stage this scenario
for the second time, the internal coup does not give a surprise to
anyone, and nobody is surprised at another attempt of a coup. And it
means that coup moods persist in the system, which Serzh Sargsyan is
checking with the help of this test.
In other words, it turns out that if these revelations are not actual,
they are prophylactic, and will sooth the system for some time.
Perhaps it is not accidental that the next revelation comes before the
nomination of the prime minister and the cabinet. It is known that
the issue of government is the key apple of discord of the domestic
process in Armenia.
Hakob Badalyan 18:40 16/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29644
From: A. Papazian
On April 9 the second coup against Serzh Sargsyan was thwarted,
and the chief of police of Yerevan Nersik Nazaryan was dismissed.
Interestingly, in the first case responsibility was tracked back to
the police, and the chief of road police Margar Ohanyan was arrested.
The press reported that Ohanyan was charged with stolen police car pool
fuel because his participation in an attempt of a coup became known.
According to these publications, Robert Kocharyan's wing proposed
that Ohanyan use the road police to support the PAP, i.e. Kocharyan
during the election. At that time, Vova Gasparyan, the head of the
military police then, was said to have revealed the coup.
In fact, Gasparyan has "revealed" the second attempt of coup on
April 9. On Baghramyan Avenue the situation could get out of control
and cause a clash with police with unpredictable consequences or
provocations.
The revelation of the first attempt of coup began at the police and
reached the National Assembly. Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan resigned,
saying that he was going to head the campaign headquarters of the RPA.
The press reported, however, that Abrahamyan participated in Margar
Ohanyan's recruitment.
Does this mean that the revelation of the second case will reach the
political part of the government with all the ensuing consequences?
Of course, it is impossible to state for sure but there are enough
similarities between these two situations are to expect that this
case will end similarly.
It is hard to tell who will claim political responsibility for what
happened. It is not ruled out that history will repeat, and faces
and names will repeat too.
It is also possible that Serzh Sargsyan is using the story of
internal coups for the second time to control the situation inside the
government more effectively. In addition, it is like a psychological
test for the system. If Sargsyan is able to stage this scenario
for the second time, the internal coup does not give a surprise to
anyone, and nobody is surprised at another attempt of a coup. And it
means that coup moods persist in the system, which Serzh Sargsyan is
checking with the help of this test.
In other words, it turns out that if these revelations are not actual,
they are prophylactic, and will sooth the system for some time.
Perhaps it is not accidental that the next revelation comes before the
nomination of the prime minister and the cabinet. It is known that
the issue of government is the key apple of discord of the domestic
process in Armenia.
Hakob Badalyan 18:40 16/04/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/comments/view/29644
From: A. Papazian