"Kocharyan was a real tsunami for Armenia"
Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) Razmik Zohrabyan is convinced that The Hague court will throw out Armenian National Congress's appeal against ex-president Robert Kocharyan.
"Kocharyan committed no crime against humanity as was the case with Nazi Germany when millions of people were assassinated. This is a mere inter-political issue. The events of March 1 were resulted by the preventive measures taken by the authorities. I would make a similar decision, if I were to decide," Razmik Zohrabyan told A1+.
The HHK deputy chair says Robert Kocharyan is not to blame for the ten victims of March 1.
"Whenever people die of natural disasters - tsunami, earthquake, and flood - people say it is God's punishment. But when people are killed in a clash in a country, they seek those guilty in ruling ranks without seeing God's interference? " Zohrabyan said.
"This is but absolute cynicism," senior representative of the Armenian National Congress Suren Abrahamyan said commenting on Zohrabyan's statement.
"Only a drunkard, sunstroken or mad person could express such ideas. As I personally know the author of the statement, I can say that it is characteristic of him to say such nonsense," Mr. Abrahamyan said.
"However, there is something important in Zurabyan's words. The authorities have brought a real calamity to Armenia equal to a tsunami," he noted.
Referring to the decision of the European Court, Mr. Abrahamyan said, "Hague is nothing compared with pan-national hatred. Kocahryan is destined to burn in the flames of hell."
