Thursday, September 5 2019 14:57

ArmInfo. Those affected by the events in Yerevan March 1-2, 2008, will receive monetary compensation. At the meeting on September 5, the executive body  approved the decision to send 720 million drams from the Government  Reserve Fund for these purposes.

The Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Rustam Badasyan,  who presented the draft decision, noted that according to the draft  law previously adopted by the country's parliament, the Government of  Armenia had to determine a program of measures aimed at solving the  task, including the amount of compensation, the total amount of which  was established on the basis of information provided by the RA  Investigative Committee . In particular, the successors of the  deceased will receive monetary compensation in the amount of 30  million drams, those who have received serious injuries that have led  to a deterioration in their health will be able to count on 15  million drams, and those who have suffered moderate health damage - 5  million drams.

In turn, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan once again noted that in this case it is not about  assistance, but about compensation. The issue with assistance can be  considered after the relevant decision of the European Court of Human  Rights. The prime minister recalled that he himself was a participant  in those events, but today it is important to solve the problem not  on an emotional level, but on a legal plane. "It is necessary to  abandon the subjectivity of the issue and wait for the verdict of the  ECHR>," the head of government said.

Recall that on March 1, 2008, in the center of Yerevan, as a result  of a confrontation between the authorities and the opposition, 8  demonstrators and two internal troops were killed, about 200 people  were injured of varying severity.