Thursday, September 20 2018 19:13

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.