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IT REMAINS ONLY FOR ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO DEMAND MARCH 1 KILLINGS BE SOLVED: MP
02.27.2014 17:27 epress.am
As long as the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) remains in power,
it won't allow the "slaughter" of March 1 to be uncovered, said
MP Alexander Arzoumanian today in parliament during discussion on
establishing a commission to study the events of March 1, 2008.
Recall, on Mar. 1-2, 2008, the forceful dispersal of peaceful protests
of supporters of unsuccessful opposition presidential candidate Levon
Ter-Petrossian resulted in the death of 10 people and the arrest of
hundreds of opposition members.
Arzoumanian remarked that Republicans in parliament speak about the
different sides of March 1; meanwhile, there is one side -- the people,
and those who shot them.
"You ask so many questions to [Armenian National Congress MP Gagik]
Jhangiryan. You should've asked questions to [former president of
Armenia] Robert Kocharian, who said on television that opposition
members fired at police. There was a foreign minister who spread
the same [message] in English to the entire world. A person who is
suspected in the case of October 27 proposes creating a commission.
Well create it -- who's stopping you?" said the opposition MP.
At that moment, shouting something from his seat was HHK MP Hayk
Babukhanyan, to whom Arzoumanian's last remark was directed: "Ara, I'm
not afraid of going to jail. I've sat behind bars three times, boy."
The opposition MP also said that, examining Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe documents, he discovered that apart from
the Heritage Party and the Armenian National Congress, all factions
currently in parliament are party to concealing the events of March 1.
He said, it's surprising that those who participated in covering up
the events of March 1 now declare that they want to uncover them.
"It remains [only] for Robert Kocharian to organize a demonstration and
demand March 1 be uncovered. Cynicism has a limit. You've changed the
law four times, so you could judge us [in court]. March 1 is in your
subconscious. A person proposes to respect the memory of the victims
with one minute of silence. Margarit Yesayan has nothing to do with
this or that side, but she subconsciously pictures herself as a Berkut
[special police forces] because the majority is the Berkut," he said.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/27/it-remains-only-for-robert-kocharian-to-demand-march-1-killings-be-solved-mp.html
From: Baghdasarian
02.27.2014 17:27 epress.am
As long as the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) remains in power,
it won't allow the "slaughter" of March 1 to be uncovered, said
MP Alexander Arzoumanian today in parliament during discussion on
establishing a commission to study the events of March 1, 2008.
Recall, on Mar. 1-2, 2008, the forceful dispersal of peaceful protests
of supporters of unsuccessful opposition presidential candidate Levon
Ter-Petrossian resulted in the death of 10 people and the arrest of
hundreds of opposition members.
Arzoumanian remarked that Republicans in parliament speak about the
different sides of March 1; meanwhile, there is one side -- the people,
and those who shot them.
"You ask so many questions to [Armenian National Congress MP Gagik]
Jhangiryan. You should've asked questions to [former president of
Armenia] Robert Kocharian, who said on television that opposition
members fired at police. There was a foreign minister who spread
the same [message] in English to the entire world. A person who is
suspected in the case of October 27 proposes creating a commission.
Well create it -- who's stopping you?" said the opposition MP.
At that moment, shouting something from his seat was HHK MP Hayk
Babukhanyan, to whom Arzoumanian's last remark was directed: "Ara, I'm
not afraid of going to jail. I've sat behind bars three times, boy."
The opposition MP also said that, examining Parliamentary Assembly
of the Council of Europe documents, he discovered that apart from
the Heritage Party and the Armenian National Congress, all factions
currently in parliament are party to concealing the events of March 1.
He said, it's surprising that those who participated in covering up
the events of March 1 now declare that they want to uncover them.
"It remains [only] for Robert Kocharian to organize a demonstration and
demand March 1 be uncovered. Cynicism has a limit. You've changed the
law four times, so you could judge us [in court]. March 1 is in your
subconscious. A person proposes to respect the memory of the victims
with one minute of silence. Margarit Yesayan has nothing to do with
this or that side, but she subconsciously pictures herself as a Berkut
[special police forces] because the majority is the Berkut," he said.
http://www.epress.am/en/2014/02/27/it-remains-only-for-robert-kocharian-to-demand-march-1-killings-be-solved-mp.html
From: Baghdasarian