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GYUMRI MURDER SHOULD NOT PROVOKE ANTI-RUSSIAN MOODS - OPINIONS
19:02 * 12.01.15
A deadly murder like the one committed today in Gyumrishould admit
of no borders at all, an Armenian lawmaker has said, warning against
an anti-Russian hysteria.
"While writing anything about the person who took six sleeping innocent
lives, including two children's, one should not concentrate on his
being a Russian or a Russian servicemen. It is necessary to uncover
all the details, as well as the reason behind the spiteful crime,"
Tevan Poghosyan, a member of the opposition Heritage faction in
parliament, told Tert.am.
Not ruling out the possibility of domestic factors, Poghosyan called
for investigating every detail before making a final conclusion. He
stressed the importance of quick efforts by law enforcers towards
resolving the crime.
Commenting on the incident, Lilit Galstyan of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) said she also agrees
that a heinous crimes should recognize any geography.
"What happened in Gyumri is dreadful, unimaginable and beyond the
boundaries of human morals ... Words are powerless to describe
the incident. The questions very in number, including how the wild
fanatic could have used a weapon and what disciplinary and regulatory
rules dominated the given military unit that makes such a beastly
characterization possible. Are these the qualities that govern the
military base's functions? In what atmosphere of permissiveness did
this evil evolve? ... Questions and question that require a thorough
investigation. I condole with everybody, sharing their grief and
anger," said the ARF-D bureau member, adding that she believes in
the possibility of an unbiased probe.
Avetik Ishkanyan, a human rights activist who heads the Helsinki
Committee NGO, did not rule out the possibility of anti-Russian moods.
But he said such a scenario does not necessary imply an objective
evaluation. "In my personal opinion, it should not provoke anti-Russian
moods," he told our correspondent.
"Perhaps, there are people who would wish to pursue this direction,
but I cannot say anything clearly. This tragedy should not incite
become a cause of anti-Russian acts, and I personally do not support
that. What I support is protection by the Armenian people of their
own dignity, with their own independence, without any hostility with
Russia and without joint the EEU [Eurasian Economic Union]."
Vahan Tumasyan, the president of the Gyumri-based NGO Shirak, described
anti-nationalist moods as an attempt to fish in troubled waters. As
a fresh example, he cited the recent developments in France.
"We see what happened in a developed, democratic country like France,
with one terrorist act following another. Whoever dislikes the Russians
will now start speculating that they do this because we have given
them weapons. It is now important for the authorities and the police
to act clearly and promptly," he said, expressing his dissatisfaction
with the official reports.
Tumasyan warned against allowing trials of similar crimes on the
territory of Russia.
"That's what explains the main speculation. It is necessary to at
least conduct an open hearing to enable people to see that a criminal
did receive an appropriate punishment regardless of nationality. In
the previous cases, if you remember, the [right to hold] the trial
was transferred to Russia, and many believe that they [the culprits]
did not incur a worthy punishment," he added.
Tumasyan said he thinks that the suspect who served in the Russian
military base could have been theoretically enlisted from any foreign
country. "They now say he was a month's conscript who was given a
self-firing gun with such a quantity of bullets. So you can never
know what could have been there," he said, calling for a high degree
of preparedness by the state.
Tumasyan said he doesn't understand why there aren't specially trained
detachments in the city which hosts a big Russian military base. "They
probably forget that the multi-thousand military base is stationed
in Gyumri," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/12/gyumri-depq/1556796
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
19:02 * 12.01.15
A deadly murder like the one committed today in Gyumrishould admit
of no borders at all, an Armenian lawmaker has said, warning against
an anti-Russian hysteria.
"While writing anything about the person who took six sleeping innocent
lives, including two children's, one should not concentrate on his
being a Russian or a Russian servicemen. It is necessary to uncover
all the details, as well as the reason behind the spiteful crime,"
Tevan Poghosyan, a member of the opposition Heritage faction in
parliament, told Tert.am.
Not ruling out the possibility of domestic factors, Poghosyan called
for investigating every detail before making a final conclusion. He
stressed the importance of quick efforts by law enforcers towards
resolving the crime.
Commenting on the incident, Lilit Galstyan of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) said she also agrees
that a heinous crimes should recognize any geography.
"What happened in Gyumri is dreadful, unimaginable and beyond the
boundaries of human morals ... Words are powerless to describe
the incident. The questions very in number, including how the wild
fanatic could have used a weapon and what disciplinary and regulatory
rules dominated the given military unit that makes such a beastly
characterization possible. Are these the qualities that govern the
military base's functions? In what atmosphere of permissiveness did
this evil evolve? ... Questions and question that require a thorough
investigation. I condole with everybody, sharing their grief and
anger," said the ARF-D bureau member, adding that she believes in
the possibility of an unbiased probe.
Avetik Ishkanyan, a human rights activist who heads the Helsinki
Committee NGO, did not rule out the possibility of anti-Russian moods.
But he said such a scenario does not necessary imply an objective
evaluation. "In my personal opinion, it should not provoke anti-Russian
moods," he told our correspondent.
"Perhaps, there are people who would wish to pursue this direction,
but I cannot say anything clearly. This tragedy should not incite
become a cause of anti-Russian acts, and I personally do not support
that. What I support is protection by the Armenian people of their
own dignity, with their own independence, without any hostility with
Russia and without joint the EEU [Eurasian Economic Union]."
Vahan Tumasyan, the president of the Gyumri-based NGO Shirak, described
anti-nationalist moods as an attempt to fish in troubled waters. As
a fresh example, he cited the recent developments in France.
"We see what happened in a developed, democratic country like France,
with one terrorist act following another. Whoever dislikes the Russians
will now start speculating that they do this because we have given
them weapons. It is now important for the authorities and the police
to act clearly and promptly," he said, expressing his dissatisfaction
with the official reports.
Tumasyan warned against allowing trials of similar crimes on the
territory of Russia.
"That's what explains the main speculation. It is necessary to at
least conduct an open hearing to enable people to see that a criminal
did receive an appropriate punishment regardless of nationality. In
the previous cases, if you remember, the [right to hold] the trial
was transferred to Russia, and many believe that they [the culprits]
did not incur a worthy punishment," he added.
Tumasyan said he thinks that the suspect who served in the Russian
military base could have been theoretically enlisted from any foreign
country. "They now say he was a month's conscript who was given a
self-firing gun with such a quantity of bullets. So you can never
know what could have been there," he said, calling for a high degree
of preparedness by the state.
Tumasyan said he doesn't understand why there aren't specially trained
detachments in the city which hosts a big Russian military base. "They
probably forget that the multi-thousand military base is stationed
in Gyumri," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/12/gyumri-depq/1556796
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress