"Robert Kocahryan is the godfather of March 1"
Opposition Heritage faction MP Armen Martirosian today demanded Prosecutor-General Aghvan Hovsepian's resignation for concealing the perpetrators of March 1 deadly clashes.
"On March 1 I said there were provocateurs among demonstrators. Why didn't the NA Ad-Hoc Commission looking into the March 1-2 events refer to it in its final report?" Armen Martirosian asked the Commission Chair and added». The answer is simple: the Prosecutor's Office did not order the Commission to disclose and liquidate the provocateurs."
Then, the Heritage MP raised rhetoric questions: "What was the use of an armoured car in the capital? Were they liberating the city from enemies? What were the Defence Ministry troops doing at the square?"
"Robert Kocahryan is the godfather of the March 1 carnage and he must shoulder full responsibility for the deadly clashes," announced freelance parliamentarian Victor Dallakian.
"Starting from 1991, presidential elections in Armenia ended in cataclysms and tragedies. History shows that power change is impossible in Armenia through elections. The only attempt to change power through elections failed in 1999 and ended with the parliamentary carnage of October 27."
"President's chair is mined in Armenia," announced the deputy and suggested changing the constitutional order making Armenia a parliamentary country with a president having symbolic powers.
Commission member and leader of the National Concord Party Aram Harutiunian said March 1 could have been averted through the All-Armenian Catholicos. "On March 1 the Catholicos was to go and speak to people instead of meeting the two presidents.'
Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, Davit Harutiunian, criticized the Armenian police and Prosecutor's Office for inexperienced work, drawbacks and non-professionalism.
Coalition parties sounded pleased with the parliamentary commission laying the blame on the opposition.
