“WE ARE TO PUNISH OUR CRIMINALS”
Support A1+!“I prefer that we punish our criminals ourselves, but sometimes people have to turn to international courts as they do not find justice in our country,” declared Stepan Demirchian, Chairman of the People’s Party, in reply to the intention of the All Armenian Movement to bring Robert Kocharian before the Court of Hague.
“We have not discussed the issue in our party as it is more a public decision. I desire that people answer for what they have done, and that criminals are punished,” concluded Chairman of the People’s Party.
Demirchian has no expectations from the ad hoc commission investigating the 1 March events, as, according to him, the commission does not enjoy people’s confidence and neither does the National Assembly.
According to Stepan Demirchian the only way out of the crisis is holding free and democratic elections. Today Armenia faces dangerous challenges and in order to meet them Armenia must have a stable political background.
Demirchian is sure we are facing a difficult social, economic, moral and political situation in Armenia and the Government’s attempts to control the situation are not enough. The politician cannot spot any improvements with the appointment of the new Prime-Minister and his policy. “We cannot observe any improvements; the oligarchic system is still running,” states Demirchian.
Concerning Russia’s statement that it encourages Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity Stepan Demirchian reminded that besides Russia many other countries have encouraged Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. And though Russia is Armenia’s ally, it has its own interests and can be in friendly relations with different countries, including Azerbaijan.
