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Violent protest in Yerevan was in authorities' interest - opinion
12:35 - 09.11.13
The November 5 violent protest in Yerevan, which saw the
veteran-activist Shant Harutyunyan rally a crowd of people in an
effort to stage a revolution, was absolutely in the Armenian
authorities' interests, according to a politician.
Speaking to Tert.am, a former deputy head of the National Security
Service (NSS), Gurgen Harutyunyan, said the state security service
adjacent to the president could have prevented the November 5
anti-government publicevent had it really wished to. He said the
authorities would have really been interested in such a protest to
move ahead with their `dark business'.
Having absolutely no doubt about the sincerity of Harutyunyan's
intention, Yeghiazaryan said nonetheless that the move served as a
kind of trump card for certain security officials.
`What they needed was just to register an emergency call and take
appropriate measures on their level, to call them a prevention,' he
explained.
Asked what the `dark purposes' could be, the politician replied,
`Either to discredit the opposition from head to toe or to discredit
the NSS and the police, involving them in the brawl or, perhaps, all
this was organized to demonstrate what utterly difficult conditions
the president faces inside the country,' he said, noting that the
replacement of the NSS chief is now high on the agenda.
Yeghiazaryan added that the authorities must immediately release
Harutyunyan and his supporters after being through with what he called
their black business. `Their operations were without coordination.
They release murderers in broad daylight today; Shant and his friends
haven't done anything wrong. They have said [the authorities] aren't
legitimate, and they weren't wrong,' he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/11/09/gurgen-yeghiazaryan/
From: Baghdasarian
12:35 - 09.11.13
The November 5 violent protest in Yerevan, which saw the
veteran-activist Shant Harutyunyan rally a crowd of people in an
effort to stage a revolution, was absolutely in the Armenian
authorities' interests, according to a politician.
Speaking to Tert.am, a former deputy head of the National Security
Service (NSS), Gurgen Harutyunyan, said the state security service
adjacent to the president could have prevented the November 5
anti-government publicevent had it really wished to. He said the
authorities would have really been interested in such a protest to
move ahead with their `dark business'.
Having absolutely no doubt about the sincerity of Harutyunyan's
intention, Yeghiazaryan said nonetheless that the move served as a
kind of trump card for certain security officials.
`What they needed was just to register an emergency call and take
appropriate measures on their level, to call them a prevention,' he
explained.
Asked what the `dark purposes' could be, the politician replied,
`Either to discredit the opposition from head to toe or to discredit
the NSS and the police, involving them in the brawl or, perhaps, all
this was organized to demonstrate what utterly difficult conditions
the president faces inside the country,' he said, noting that the
replacement of the NSS chief is now high on the agenda.
Yeghiazaryan added that the authorities must immediately release
Harutyunyan and his supporters after being through with what he called
their black business. `Their operations were without coordination.
They release murderers in broad daylight today; Shant and his friends
haven't done anything wrong. They have said [the authorities] aren't
legitimate, and they weren't wrong,' he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/11/09/gurgen-yeghiazaryan/
From: Baghdasarian