Who says that March 1 is not disclosed?
"Who says that the events of March 1 are not disclosed? Two sides were engaged in the post-election disorder of 2008 and I can file accusations to both of them," RA Public Council President Vazgen Manukyan told A1+.
Mr. Manukyan still cannot find answers to a few vague questions regarding the deadly clashes.
"Many things still remain unclear to me. Why did March 1 happen? It doesn't look as if a mysterious force came, did its "black work" and vanished. The perpetrators of the events are known to us yet it is still unknown why we appeared in that state and why the demonstrators and police came into collision."
A1+ today interviewed the Public Council President in connection with the events of April 12-13, 2004, when his house was searched and his teammates were subjected to violence. Vazgen Manukyan was an oppositionist then.
Asked whether March 1 would occur if the perpetrators of April 12 events were punished, Mr. Manukyan said, "We wouldn't witness a number of events including the parliamentary carnage of October 27 but for the clashes of 1996. The presidential election of 1996, overshadowed other political developments throughout the country and became the root of all tragedy. People strongly believed that they could settle political issues by force. Before that, the society had a positive approach to elections," concluded Mr. Manukyan.
