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SERZH SARGSYAN PERMITS MURDER?
The trial of Harsnakar case took an expected turn. One of the accused
announced that he beat Vahe Avetyan alone. Avetyan is the doctor
who was beaten to death in the restaurant owned by the ex-MP Ruben
Hairapetyan. The advocate of Vahe Avetyan's successor said this is
part of the scenario in which one of the accused claims responsibility
to enable the others to be amnestied.
This is an unexpected turn in terms of one specific case but everything
is more than regular and logical in the context of recent developments
in Armenia. Having resolved his problems by joining the Customs Union,
Serzh Sargsyan moved on to release the ex-governor's son and bodyguard
accused of murder.
The Armenian government is authoritarian, so there are no and cannot
be individual approaches. Serzh Sargsyan cannot release Liska's son
and bodyguard but keep Ruben Hairapetyan's bodyguards in prison. It
is a violation of the rule of internal justice that may shatter
Serzh Sargsyan's intra-governmental legitimacy which has always been
problematic in itself.
So, it is absolutely logical that after the release of Liska's kin
Ruben Hairapetyan's kin is the next. In the middle of this Serzh
Sargsyan also met with the other poles of the criminal situation in
Armenia, the ex-mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan, thereby marking
Ghukasyan's return to the "family".
Hence, Serzh Sargsyan is obviously ensuring the freedom of those who
have killed someone. In other words, Serzh Sargsyan's administration
proclaims murder a non-prosecutable act, thereby granting a cart
blanch for other murders.
The case of Harsnakar will be a cornerstone. Six have been arrested
though the victims announced that they had been assaulted by at least
10-15 people. It means that most of them are free, and others will
be freed soon. This means that impunity of murder remains a core
principle of the administration.
Earlier Serzh Sargsyan had tried to give up on this principle,
even though his actions were superficial or cosmetic in nature. An
attempt was made to make the system comply with public opinion,
at least superficially.
However, it is obvious that either Serzh Sargsyan could not imagine
that superficial steps could produce a tangible effect for his
government only if they got a deep continuation or he was not
ready for deepening so he decided not to test his government and
returned to square one - oppose the society instead of opposing the
criminal-oligarchic sector.
Meanwhile, the ruling system wins rather than Serzh Sargsyan. In
the end, the target of coups was not Serzh Sargsyan but the probable
continuation of anti-system actions, whether intended or not. It is
the ruling system, not Serzh Sargsyan that celebrates re-establishment
of intra-administration legitimacy of murders.
And all that is left to Serzh Sargsyan is responsibility of murders
committed by not only his but also previous administrations.
Therefore, the different poles of the system address the issue of
intactness of general principles and essence, which arose due to a
series of decisions over the past three or four years. They are also
clearing themselves.
In fact, Serzh Sargsyan approves the formula "trash for power" which
has always been a safeguard of "net victory" to the ruling system.
Hakob Badalyan 14:40 09/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31062
The trial of Harsnakar case took an expected turn. One of the accused
announced that he beat Vahe Avetyan alone. Avetyan is the doctor
who was beaten to death in the restaurant owned by the ex-MP Ruben
Hairapetyan. The advocate of Vahe Avetyan's successor said this is
part of the scenario in which one of the accused claims responsibility
to enable the others to be amnestied.
This is an unexpected turn in terms of one specific case but everything
is more than regular and logical in the context of recent developments
in Armenia. Having resolved his problems by joining the Customs Union,
Serzh Sargsyan moved on to release the ex-governor's son and bodyguard
accused of murder.
The Armenian government is authoritarian, so there are no and cannot
be individual approaches. Serzh Sargsyan cannot release Liska's son
and bodyguard but keep Ruben Hairapetyan's bodyguards in prison. It
is a violation of the rule of internal justice that may shatter
Serzh Sargsyan's intra-governmental legitimacy which has always been
problematic in itself.
So, it is absolutely logical that after the release of Liska's kin
Ruben Hairapetyan's kin is the next. In the middle of this Serzh
Sargsyan also met with the other poles of the criminal situation in
Armenia, the ex-mayor of Gyumri Vardan Ghukasyan, thereby marking
Ghukasyan's return to the "family".
Hence, Serzh Sargsyan is obviously ensuring the freedom of those who
have killed someone. In other words, Serzh Sargsyan's administration
proclaims murder a non-prosecutable act, thereby granting a cart
blanch for other murders.
The case of Harsnakar will be a cornerstone. Six have been arrested
though the victims announced that they had been assaulted by at least
10-15 people. It means that most of them are free, and others will
be freed soon. This means that impunity of murder remains a core
principle of the administration.
Earlier Serzh Sargsyan had tried to give up on this principle,
even though his actions were superficial or cosmetic in nature. An
attempt was made to make the system comply with public opinion,
at least superficially.
However, it is obvious that either Serzh Sargsyan could not imagine
that superficial steps could produce a tangible effect for his
government only if they got a deep continuation or he was not
ready for deepening so he decided not to test his government and
returned to square one - oppose the society instead of opposing the
criminal-oligarchic sector.
Meanwhile, the ruling system wins rather than Serzh Sargsyan. In
the end, the target of coups was not Serzh Sargsyan but the probable
continuation of anti-system actions, whether intended or not. It is
the ruling system, not Serzh Sargsyan that celebrates re-establishment
of intra-administration legitimacy of murders.
And all that is left to Serzh Sargsyan is responsibility of murders
committed by not only his but also previous administrations.
Therefore, the different poles of the system address the issue of
intactness of general principles and essence, which arose due to a
series of decisions over the past three or four years. They are also
clearing themselves.
In fact, Serzh Sargsyan approves the formula "trash for power" which
has always been a safeguard of "net victory" to the ruling system.
Hakob Badalyan 14:40 09/10/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/31062