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Governor at Focus of Scandal: Protestors call for action against
former Syunik boss
NEWS | 07.06.13 | 15:39
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Syunik's governor submitted a letter of resignation Thursday and it
was approved first by the government, then confirmed by the President,
nonetheless certain part of Armenian society is not satisfied with
resignation only. They demand to bring criminal charges against Suren
Khachatryan, whose name has been periodically linked with a number of
scandalous incidents and bloodshed.
A group has been formed on Facebook social network, with more than
1,000 supporters calling for punishment. Part of them transferred
their protest from virtual reality to the platform in front of the
government building, and the most active among them are planning to
hold more such protests in Syunik province, Armenia's southern gate;
as well as in front of the police department, prosecutor's office and
the presidential residence.
The most recent bloody incident with now former governor of Syunik
happened on June 1 at around midnight in Goris, in front of his
private mansion where one person was killed and two were wounded in
gunfire. Two suspects are in custody - the governor's son Tigran
Khachatryan, 19, and one of his bodyguards. The governor himself is a
witness in this case, since, as the military prosecutor says,
Khachatryan was not at the scene; earlier the governor had claimed he
was asleep.
Thursday night A1plus website posted the video record of that brutal
shooting incident, which was recorded on the two surveillance cameras
installed in the courtyard of the governor's house. Earlier the script
of the record was published on the Syunik local administration
website.
The 37-minute video is black and white with poor image quality,
nonetheless it shows that the situation is extremely tense, gunshots
are heard, people get wounded, and the governor's wife Loreta
Barseghyan, unarmed, is trying to prevent the shooting. The woman is
at the scene the whole time, while the governor seems to be in none,
although it is difficult to tell who is who among the men there.
A1plus refrains from comments whether the footage has been edited or
not, and states that it has decided to publish it because the military
prosecutor claims the publication of the given footage is not viewed
as a disclosure of preliminary investigation data.
Heritage activist David Sanasaryan told ArmeniaNow that the video
footage raised more questions than provided answers.
`In this video material there are no police officers, when the police
station is actually nearby. This means that the police know such
incidents may happen in the vicinity of Khachatryan's house and that
they should stay out of it,' says Sanasaryan.
former Syunik boss
NEWS | 07.06.13 | 15:39
By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Syunik's governor submitted a letter of resignation Thursday and it
was approved first by the government, then confirmed by the President,
nonetheless certain part of Armenian society is not satisfied with
resignation only. They demand to bring criminal charges against Suren
Khachatryan, whose name has been periodically linked with a number of
scandalous incidents and bloodshed.
A group has been formed on Facebook social network, with more than
1,000 supporters calling for punishment. Part of them transferred
their protest from virtual reality to the platform in front of the
government building, and the most active among them are planning to
hold more such protests in Syunik province, Armenia's southern gate;
as well as in front of the police department, prosecutor's office and
the presidential residence.
The most recent bloody incident with now former governor of Syunik
happened on June 1 at around midnight in Goris, in front of his
private mansion where one person was killed and two were wounded in
gunfire. Two suspects are in custody - the governor's son Tigran
Khachatryan, 19, and one of his bodyguards. The governor himself is a
witness in this case, since, as the military prosecutor says,
Khachatryan was not at the scene; earlier the governor had claimed he
was asleep.
Thursday night A1plus website posted the video record of that brutal
shooting incident, which was recorded on the two surveillance cameras
installed in the courtyard of the governor's house. Earlier the script
of the record was published on the Syunik local administration
website.
The 37-minute video is black and white with poor image quality,
nonetheless it shows that the situation is extremely tense, gunshots
are heard, people get wounded, and the governor's wife Loreta
Barseghyan, unarmed, is trying to prevent the shooting. The woman is
at the scene the whole time, while the governor seems to be in none,
although it is difficult to tell who is who among the men there.
A1plus refrains from comments whether the footage has been edited or
not, and states that it has decided to publish it because the military
prosecutor claims the publication of the given footage is not viewed
as a disclosure of preliminary investigation data.
Heritage activist David Sanasaryan told ArmeniaNow that the video
footage raised more questions than provided answers.
`In this video material there are no police officers, when the police
station is actually nearby. This means that the police know such
incidents may happen in the vicinity of Khachatryan's house and that
they should stay out of it,' says Sanasaryan.