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"PRE-PARLIAMENT": RELEASE OF SURIK KHACHATRYAN'S SON AND BODYGUARD HAS AGAIN DISCREDITED JUSTICE SYSTEM IN ARMENIA
by Ashot Safaryan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=702BADB0-1ACF-11E3-B88C0EB7C0D21663
Wednesday, September 11, 14:46
The civil initiative "Pre-Parliament" has disseminated a statement
in connection with release of ex-governor of Syunik region, Surik
Khachatryan's, son and bodyguard, Tigran Khachatryan and Zarzand
Nikogosyan. The statement says that this has again discredited justice
system in Armenia.
"The criminal regime has again demonstrated that the state government
system with all its components, including justice, has turned into an
instrument for enthrallment and humiliation of its own people. The
case of releasing a man which committed grave crime, as well as the
case of criminal prosecution of a serviceman, which protected the
honor and dignity of his brother, is more than a blatant injustice",
- the statement says.
The Pre-Parliament thinks that this case as well as therefusal of
sovereignty via joining of the Customs Union, and civil activists
abuse by policemen and criminal prosecution of Armenian citizens,
in fact mean a war by the authorities against their own people. This
war should have an adequate reaction. "The Pre-Parliament calls to
self-organization and formation of the parallel structures of power -
executive, legislative and judicial, in order to take the power into
our own hands at the needed moment and to ensure development of our
statehood", - the statement by the Pre-Parliament says.
To recall, shootouts in front of Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's
house at 00:10am on June 2 killed former candidate for Goris mayor
Avo Budaghyan and wounded his brother Artak Budaghyan, a commander
at a military unit in the NKR. There was another wounded, Nikolay
Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Governor Suren Khachartyan. A
criminal case has been initiated on the basis of Article 103.1 (murder)
and Article 235 (illegal use, storage and bearing weapons) of the
Criminal Code of Armenia. Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's son,
Tigran Khachatryan, has been arrested over latest shootouts in Syunik.
Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand Nikoghosyan was arrested
over the case. On June 3 Suren Khachatryan sent in his resignation
declaring that everyone must answer for their mistakes. He regretted
for failing to prevent the tragic incident near his house. On July 9,
the brother of Avetik Budaghyan was charged with Article 137.1 of
the Criminal Code. Budaghyan denies the accusations against him. He
was released on the recognizance not to leave. Later on September 7,
Department for Major Cases, Investigation Service, Defense Ministry
of Armenia, set free the son and bodyguard of Surik Khachatryan. The
Investigation adopted a resolution saying that Tigran Khachatryan
and Zarzand Nikoghosyan acted in self-defense.
by Ashot Safaryan
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=702BADB0-1ACF-11E3-B88C0EB7C0D21663
Wednesday, September 11, 14:46
The civil initiative "Pre-Parliament" has disseminated a statement
in connection with release of ex-governor of Syunik region, Surik
Khachatryan's, son and bodyguard, Tigran Khachatryan and Zarzand
Nikogosyan. The statement says that this has again discredited justice
system in Armenia.
"The criminal regime has again demonstrated that the state government
system with all its components, including justice, has turned into an
instrument for enthrallment and humiliation of its own people. The
case of releasing a man which committed grave crime, as well as the
case of criminal prosecution of a serviceman, which protected the
honor and dignity of his brother, is more than a blatant injustice",
- the statement says.
The Pre-Parliament thinks that this case as well as therefusal of
sovereignty via joining of the Customs Union, and civil activists
abuse by policemen and criminal prosecution of Armenian citizens,
in fact mean a war by the authorities against their own people. This
war should have an adequate reaction. "The Pre-Parliament calls to
self-organization and formation of the parallel structures of power -
executive, legislative and judicial, in order to take the power into
our own hands at the needed moment and to ensure development of our
statehood", - the statement by the Pre-Parliament says.
To recall, shootouts in front of Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's
house at 00:10am on June 2 killed former candidate for Goris mayor
Avo Budaghyan and wounded his brother Artak Budaghyan, a commander
at a military unit in the NKR. There was another wounded, Nikolay
Abrahamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Governor Suren Khachartyan. A
criminal case has been initiated on the basis of Article 103.1 (murder)
and Article 235 (illegal use, storage and bearing weapons) of the
Criminal Code of Armenia. Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's son,
Tigran Khachatryan, has been arrested over latest shootouts in Syunik.
Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand Nikoghosyan was arrested
over the case. On June 3 Suren Khachatryan sent in his resignation
declaring that everyone must answer for their mistakes. He regretted
for failing to prevent the tragic incident near his house. On July 9,
the brother of Avetik Budaghyan was charged with Article 137.1 of
the Criminal Code. Budaghyan denies the accusations against him. He
was released on the recognizance not to leave. Later on September 7,
Department for Major Cases, Investigation Service, Defense Ministry
of Armenia, set free the son and bodyguard of Surik Khachatryan. The
Investigation adopted a resolution saying that Tigran Khachatryan
and Zarzand Nikoghosyan acted in self-defense.