Nazaryan is no way linked to Tamamyan's case
Chief of Yerevan Police Department, Major General Nerses Nazaryan has been called in for interrogation in connection with the case against Hovhannes Tamamyan, former head of the Criminal Investigation Department of Armenia's Police.
Nazaryan today told journalists that he had born testimony in the Criminal Investigation Department. He also announced that he was no way linked to the case.
Nazaryan refrained from giving further details, saying all those guilty would be brought to justice, no one would be pitied.
On February 23, 2011, RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan presented a petition to the Chief of RA Police Alik Sargsyan on the expediency of Tamamyan's holding office. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, Hovhannes Tamamyan failed to perform his duties and undertake necessary measures to reveal the crime which led to the distortion and fraud of the significant circumstances of the investigation of the criminal case as well as to the distortion of the actions taken by the participants of the crime.
The Chief of Yerevan Police also speak about Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian who is staging an open-end hunger strike at Liberty Square.
Asked how the police happened to agree to the erection of a tent, Nerses Nazaryan said that they decided to dissuade Hovannisian against putting up a tent at the square.
"We did not want to use force against Hovannisian," said Nazaryan.
Yesterday, a group of NGO workers and members of public erected a tent at Liberty Square for Raffi Hovannisian to protect him from rain and wind.
For a few days Hovannisian's supporters were trying to put up a tent at the square, but their steps were met with resistance by police officers.
"We banned erection of a tent as we did not want it to become a custom in Armenia," said Nazaryan.
