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QUESTIONS ABOUT GYUMRI MURDERS: PROSECUTOR GENERAL FACES PARLIAMENT, WITH LITTLE TO SAY
Politics | 22.01.15 | 15:57
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
During Thursday's Parliamentary hearings Prosecutor General Gevorg
Kostanyan assured the National Assembly that Armenian and Russian
law enforcement bodies are properly managing the case of the seven
murders in Gyumri by a Russian serviceman who confessed to slaying
the Avetisyan family.
Connected with the incident in Gyumri hearings of legal processes
at the National Assembly Standing Committee on Legal Affairs were
supposed to be held still on January 20, however they got delayed when
the youngest victim, six-month old Seryozha Avetisyan, died that day.
On January 12 six members of a seven-member family were killed
in Gyumri, in their own house, and the six-month-old infant was
hospitalized with severe wounds where later he passed away.
The main accused of the case is a Russian serviceman at Russian
military base in Gyumri, Valeri Permyakov, who later that day made an
attempt to cross the Armenian-Turkish border, however, according to
official information, he was apprehended by Russian law enforcement
bodies and currently he is at the Russian military base. Nevertheless,
Armenians demand that he be handed over to the judgment of Armenian law
enforcement bodies, and have held many protests to make that demand.
The press release of the Armenian Information and Public Relations
Department of the Investigative Committee said that Permyakov is
accused upon the 1st point of the 2nd part of Article 104 of Armenian
Criminal Code - for premediated murder of two and more people and
Permyakov accepted the accusations.
During Parliamentary hearings oppositional Heritage Party faction MP
Zaruhi Postanjyan once again raised the question why no criminal case
on crossing the border is filed yet.
In response to the question the Prosecutor General said that it is
necessary to find out whether he appeared in the hands of the Russian
border guard legally, which, according to Kostanyan, will serve as
a ground enough to turn to the Russian Attorney General.
Still several days ago in Gyumri, Kostanyan promised to turn to the
Russian Attorney General (for handing over the case), however on
Thursday he said that actually still there aren't enough grounds
for that.
"I will do that when we have enough grounds for that," Kostanyan said.
Armenian National Congress (ANC) faction MP Nikol Pashinyan said that
the Prosecutor General avoids answering questions for which he should
have answers by now.
"We noticed that servicemen of the Russian military base are realizing
some armed actions in the streets of Gyumri. Do they have rights by
any document claiming that they can realize such operation on the
territory of Armenia?" Pashinyan asked inquiring about which side is
going to run the case. In response to his question Kostanyan said
that when it comes to the stage of handing over the proceedings,
according to the order determined in 1997 agreement, the sides will
agree upon that issue.
What refers to operative actions of the servicemen of the military
base, the Attorney General said that upon the 9th point of the same
agreement with the permission of the Armenian law enforcement bodies,
servicemen of the military base may realize actions.
And Heritage faction MP Alexader Arzumanyan said that the hearings
were supposed to be run with the presence of the Foreign Minister,
because, according to Arzumanyan, Kostanyan is responsible only for
the proceedings of the case.
Opositional MPs accused Kostanyan of appearing before the legislative
body merely to patronize the deputies, rather than to give insight.
In the end the Prosecutor General apologized for not being able
to answer all questions, saying that there is a confidentiality of
pre-investigation.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/60027/gyumri_murders_valeri_permyakov_gevorg_kostanyan
Politics | 22.01.15 | 15:57
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
During Thursday's Parliamentary hearings Prosecutor General Gevorg
Kostanyan assured the National Assembly that Armenian and Russian
law enforcement bodies are properly managing the case of the seven
murders in Gyumri by a Russian serviceman who confessed to slaying
the Avetisyan family.
Connected with the incident in Gyumri hearings of legal processes
at the National Assembly Standing Committee on Legal Affairs were
supposed to be held still on January 20, however they got delayed when
the youngest victim, six-month old Seryozha Avetisyan, died that day.
On January 12 six members of a seven-member family were killed
in Gyumri, in their own house, and the six-month-old infant was
hospitalized with severe wounds where later he passed away.
The main accused of the case is a Russian serviceman at Russian
military base in Gyumri, Valeri Permyakov, who later that day made an
attempt to cross the Armenian-Turkish border, however, according to
official information, he was apprehended by Russian law enforcement
bodies and currently he is at the Russian military base. Nevertheless,
Armenians demand that he be handed over to the judgment of Armenian law
enforcement bodies, and have held many protests to make that demand.
The press release of the Armenian Information and Public Relations
Department of the Investigative Committee said that Permyakov is
accused upon the 1st point of the 2nd part of Article 104 of Armenian
Criminal Code - for premediated murder of two and more people and
Permyakov accepted the accusations.
During Parliamentary hearings oppositional Heritage Party faction MP
Zaruhi Postanjyan once again raised the question why no criminal case
on crossing the border is filed yet.
In response to the question the Prosecutor General said that it is
necessary to find out whether he appeared in the hands of the Russian
border guard legally, which, according to Kostanyan, will serve as
a ground enough to turn to the Russian Attorney General.
Still several days ago in Gyumri, Kostanyan promised to turn to the
Russian Attorney General (for handing over the case), however on
Thursday he said that actually still there aren't enough grounds
for that.
"I will do that when we have enough grounds for that," Kostanyan said.
Armenian National Congress (ANC) faction MP Nikol Pashinyan said that
the Prosecutor General avoids answering questions for which he should
have answers by now.
"We noticed that servicemen of the Russian military base are realizing
some armed actions in the streets of Gyumri. Do they have rights by
any document claiming that they can realize such operation on the
territory of Armenia?" Pashinyan asked inquiring about which side is
going to run the case. In response to his question Kostanyan said
that when it comes to the stage of handing over the proceedings,
according to the order determined in 1997 agreement, the sides will
agree upon that issue.
What refers to operative actions of the servicemen of the military
base, the Attorney General said that upon the 9th point of the same
agreement with the permission of the Armenian law enforcement bodies,
servicemen of the military base may realize actions.
And Heritage faction MP Alexader Arzumanyan said that the hearings
were supposed to be run with the presence of the Foreign Minister,
because, according to Arzumanyan, Kostanyan is responsible only for
the proceedings of the case.
Opositional MPs accused Kostanyan of appearing before the legislative
body merely to patronize the deputies, rather than to give insight.
In the end the Prosecutor General apologized for not being able
to answer all questions, saying that there is a confidentiality of
pre-investigation.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/60027/gyumri_murders_valeri_permyakov_gevorg_kostanyan