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INTIMACY WITH TER-PETROSSIAN IS GRAVE CRIME

Politics

On March 24 Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrossian’s nephew Arakel Semirjian went to the Kentron police headquarters to get some documents on the penalty to be incurred on him. Arakel Semirjian was detained on March 22.

“I was to be at the police station at 9 on March 24. Then I was asked to look in at 12 o’clock as the documents weren’t ready yet,” Arakel Semirjian said to A1+.

The police had three days to present the corresponding documents to Semirjian but they missed the opportunity. None of the policemen could account for Semirjian’s arrest.

Either they know I am Ter-Petrossian’s kinsman or they took notice of me at Liberty Square. Taking into account the fact that more than 500 000 people crowded at the Square every day we can assume that each Armenian citizen could similarly be detained and charged with a coup plot to overthrow the government. They have no other way to fill the budget. This is their last hope,” Semirjian said meaning the penalties incurred on people.

People mustn't be sued for walking in the street, taking a photo, sitting in a cafe and participating in rallies and marches. Many people attended the rallies out of sheer curiosity.

“You are Levon Ter-Petrossian’s adherent. All of you must be cudgeled as you are traitors,” the police said while detaining him in a cafe. “It means that one third of Armenians are traitors. Thus, all people endorsing Ter-Petrossian’s viewpoint are traitors.”

The psychological state in the country can be altered only in case the authorities meet us halfway. “Nothing will change in Armenia if they keep on naming us traitors. I want them to realise that we are also representatives of this nation”

By the way, during the pre-election campaign Serzh Sarkissian regularly pledged to protect the rights of all Armenians regardless of the fact which candidate they would vote for.

“I don't think Serzh Sarkissian had ordered the chief of police to apply electroshock to a 70-year-old woman. The police are given a good chance to demonstrate their power to the full, to overcome their childish complexes and to earn money,” he said.