ArmInfo. In Armenia there should not be a place for a political vendetta. This was stated in an interview with the Armenian service of Radio Liberty by the head of the EU delegation to Armenia Piotr Switalsky.
Touching upon the processes in Armenia during the post-revolutionary period, the head of the EU delegation to Armenia stressed that the signals that the EU receives from Armenia are very clear.
"First, the authorities declared war on corruption, corruption itself is unacceptable, and those who have sprayed money once should be held accountable." The authorities' approach is that people who have illegally enriched themselves are also brought to justice. the message we receive is that courts should be independent, and judges should not expect any instructions from various branches of government and act independently.The third signal is that business representatives will not be shown special treatment, coming down from the political interests That is, there will be need for political patrons or "roof" in order to feel protected main component of these signals is that it's not just words, they are fastened with concrete actions of the authorities ", Switalsky said.
At the same time, he considers important the fact that the authorities of the country have demonstrated to the outside world that there is no place for impunity in Armenia, there are no people who can consider themselves above the law, there are no people who will receive special treatment due to their political ties.
Touching upon the trial of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharian, the European diplomat noted that in Europe there is a tradition of not touching those cases that are still pending in court. According to him, the most important question is whether the Armenian society will receive a final and full picture of what happened at the end of the process. He recalled that the EU for many years demanded from the Armenian authorities a comprehensive and objective investigation of the events of March 1, 2008, and this issue was voiced after the revolutionary processes in Armenia. "We hope that the Armenian society will learn the whole truth about the processes that took place in March 2008. The courts are working now and I do not want to comment on the process, but I would like to emphasize that there should not be a place for a political vendetta in Armenia. an independent judiciary should be the main pointers in such cases.Armenia is a member of the Council of Europe and is subject to the ECtHR's actions.For example, today in Strasbourg an important decision was made just in the case of the first March.and these decisions are very important, I think it is important that the ECtHR's decisions on these cases are studied in Armenia, "the head of the EU delegation to Armenia said.