ArmInfo.The Armenian National Congress welcomes the efforts of the Armenian government to investigate the events "for the violent overthrow of the constitutional order in the Republic of Armenia from February 23 to March 1, 2008". This is stated in the statement of the Armenian National Congress.
In particular, the statement reads: "We believe that the fact that the SIS has opened a criminal case is an important step in this matter.We also believe that the Special Investigation Service was on target, considering the fact of unconstitutional seizure of power by the key to revealing the truth Kocharyan's regime, it is obvious that the investigation of the case will inevitably lead to the disclosure of murders, selective falsifications.
To close this page in the history of the Armenian state, the Armenian National Congress is ready to render all assistance in the investigation and to provide all the available documents to the investigative bodies. In connection with this case, Congress appoints ANC Deputy Chairman Levon Zurabyan as its representative. "Earlier, on the charge of involving the army in the political processes, the post of Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan was arrested in 2008, Deputy Minister was summoned for interrogation, and then Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan The agenda for the interrogation was sent to the second president Robert Kocharyan. To note, after the presidential elections in Armenia in 2008 in Yerevan on March 1, bloody events took place. A series of protests, against the results of elections held on February 19, ended in clashes with law enforcement agencies. As a result, more than 10 people died, about 230 people were injured. These events were never fully investigated, the perpetrators of the direct execution of the demonstrators were never found.
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