KOCHARIAN: STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS A NECESSITY
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.03.2008 15:39 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The latest developments proved necessity of
imposition of emergency rule in Yerevan, RA President Robert Kocharian
told a news conference today.
"The imposition of state of emergency prevented greater losses. The law
enforcement bodies possess enough materials, including video records,
which will help to assess the situation correctly and undertake proper
states. The investigators work round the clock.
The population will be informed of the process every day," the
President said.
He divided the participants of disorders into three groups. "The
first group includes the initiators of the melee at the French
Embassy. It can for its part be divided in two subgroups. The first
subgroup incited protesters to unrest. It specifically refers to Nikol
Pashinyan. The second tried to calm down the demonstrators. Here I
can mention David Shahnazaryan.
The third group includes those who immediately participated in the
rally and then started looting," the President said.
"All these people committed different crimes. However, it would
be unfair to punish the victims of the rally without punishing its
initiators, who let the crowd get out of control. Gathering people,
that had shouldered huge responsibility," he noted.
"We know where to search for armed participants of the melee, although
they are trying to hide now," Mr Kocharian said. "I reiterate the
Prime Minister’s call to those who participated in the disorders to
attend police stations of their own free will, what will considerably
extenuate their guilt."