IN OPINION OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN, ROBERT KOCHARIAN SHOULD STAND TRIAL OF ICJ, AND TITLES OF NATIONAL HEROES SHOULD BE CONFERRED ON VICTIMS OF MARCH 1 EVENTS
Noyan Tapan
Ju ne 20, 2008
YEREVAN, JUNE 20, NOYAN TAPAN. At the beginning of his speech at the
June 20 rally, the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian asked
those present to observe a moment’s silence in memory of 10 citizens
killed during the March 1 events. Speaking about those events, he said
the the postelection situation in Armenia cannot be considered as an
ordinary postelection one because "the Mongol-Tatar regime opened
fire on its own people". "Be sure, sooner or later these criminals
will be held responsible to the people," L. Ter-Petrosian stated. In
his words, the second president of the RA Robert Kocharian must stand
a trial of the International Court of Justice in the Hague for what
happened on March 1. This statement of the leader of the National
Movement was followed by the crowd’s chanting: "Now!" L. Ter-Petrosian
noted that if it had been within his jurisdiction, it would have been
possible to punish R. Kocharian now – without delay.
L. Ter-Petrosian proposed that those killed during March 1 events
should be given titles of national heroes. He reminded that Russian
president Boris Yeltsin conferred such titles on the four people
who died during the 1991 Putch, and said that Armenia should take a
similar step.