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“PROFESSIONALS WOULDN'T HAVE OPENED FIRE AT PEOPLE”

Politics

The investigation of the March 1 events is already launched. The public initiative will attempt to reveal the reasons and consequences of the events.

Different working groups have been set up. Karapet Rubinian will coordinate investigation of the cases of political prisoners and ex Defence Minister Suren Abrahamian - the study of the criminal aspect of the March 1 occurrences. Former press secretary of the Foreign Ministry Vladimir Karapetian will coordinate the study of outer factors and Arman Navasardian will study the role of the church and intelligentsia.

Today’s roundtable was mainly devoted to Armenia’s falling rating after the March 1 events, the implementation of PACE Resolution 1609 and the proceedings instituted against the events.

Armenia’s ex Chief of Police Suren Abrahamian says that today people do not struggle against the police. They struggle against the system which has politicized everything and made the police a conflicting side.

He recalled 1988-90s and reminded that no blood was shed in Yerevan streets then as the police weren’t involved in the clash and didn’t become a conflicting side.

“A professional can be made a rascal but not in the direct sense of the word. Professionals wouldn’t have opened fire at people,” said Suren Abrahamian.

He also noted that the ten victims were not recognised as the injured party in the case. “They will find ways to justify their policy. The police will be announced to have acted within the realms of the RoA Constitution and laws. They will simply say the people died as a result of a police operation.”

On the whole, Suren Abrahamian thinks we must give a general legal estimation to the criminal case on the March 1 occurrences which suggests elaboration of advocates’ joint strategy.

Courts hold trials on separate cases which sound absurd while they must be deemed as wholeness, as one case.

Human rights activist and journalist Janna Alexanian highlighted the psychological and legal assistance to the victims’ relatives. After the first visit to a prosecutor’s office people are scared to death and hardly realise their further steps.