Road police chief’s “status” to change
The name of the new chief of the RA "Road Police" Service will be announced in the next couple of days, RA Chief of Police Alik Sargsyan said during a press conference today.
Sargsyan said he had already presented eight to ten candidates for chief of staff of the "Road Police" service. "The chief will be a person who will directly work with the chief of police," he underlined.
As far as the case against former chief of the "Road Police" Service Margar Ohanyan is concerned, "that is the court's issue, and the Special Investigative Service is currently investigating the case."
Margar Ohanyan is charged with misuse of office and taking large amounts of items, particularly usurpation of benzene.
Alik Sargsyan said that from now on, he would be controlling the road police officers' activities and that the road police chief would have a different status in uniform and in service.
As far as Margar Ohanyan's benzene usurpation is concerned, the chief of police said the police already had problems with benzene, fuel and that there are certain limits.
Touching upon the rumors about chief of the Nor-Nork division of the RA Police Margar Ohanyan's brother Mushegh Ohanyan, the police chief said he hadn't received any file for resignation.
As for the rumors about his resignation, Alik Sargsyan joked, but then turned a cheek. "When the time comes, I will do it myself. I don't feel the need for that now. It is up to the Armenian government to decide," Alik Sargsyan said.
