Armenia`s Prime Minister remains confident that March 1, 2008 events  have been disclosed

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan remains confident that the events of March 1, 2008, have been disclosed. He expressed his conviction during a government hour in the National Assembly, in response  to a question  from Kristine Vardanyan, opposition Armenia faction deputy.

The MP,  particularly, raised the issue of political persecution of  opponents, noting that criminal cases are being initiated against  opposition community leaders, and some are even killed, as happened  to Volodya Grigoryan, head of the Parakar community. According to the  opposition MP, approximately 70% of opposition figures in the country  are subject to criminal prosecution. Vardanyan noted that only  representatives of the ruling party are not persecuted in the  country. In response, the Armenian leader recalled the murders  committed under previous governments. mentioning the murder of ARF  Dashnaktsutyun member Poghos Poghosyan in 2001 and Proshyan community  leader Hrach Muradyan in 2013.

The opposition politician called on Pashinyan to instruct law  enforcement to solve these crimes. According to her, it is unclear  what is preventing the authorities from solving all high-profile  murders, starting with the deaths during the events of March 1, 2008.

The Prime Minister disagreed with this assessment, noting that the  March 1 case has been solved. However, he acknowledged that the  perpetrators have not yet been punished, but he hopes they will be  held accountable.