IN FACT, MARCH 1 REVELATION CLOSED DOWN

LRAGIR.AM
15:41:16 – 11/06/2009

On June 11, the oppositional members of the dissolved fact-finding
group presented their assessments in connection with the group as
well as some details. For example, Andranik Kocharyan explained
why the entrance to the National Assembly was prohibited for him
and Seda Safaryan for several days, stating that the group is in
holiday. According to Kocharyan, the reason for this incident, as it
was found out later, was the letter of the head of the fact-finding
group, the representative of the ombudsman Vahe Martirosyan to the
head of the staff of the president with which he informed that the
group was going to take a holiday of 9 days. Andranik Kocharyan stated
that Vahe Stepanyan did not have such a right to address such a letter
without informing the members of the group. When the members of the
group complained and asked for explanation, Vahe Stepanyan promised
to explain everything later, but he did not come to work any more,
after which the group has been dissolved.

Andranik Kocharyan stated that the group was formed to study and to
reveal the March 1 crimes, and regardless the situation formed in the
group, it had to continue its work up to the end, the end of which
would be the regular report to the NA temporary commission. He refuted
the accusation of the governmental member of the group as if Andranik
Kocharyan tensed the atmosphere. Instead, he highly assessed Avagyan’s
even if passive work, adding that he could not pretend the same form a
70-year-old person as from him or Seda Safaryan or Vahe Stepanyan. He
also stated that the work of the other governmental member of the
group as a former investigator was also of use for the group.

Seda Safaryan, who is the Heritage representative of the fact-finding
group, stated that Robert Avagyan defended the actions of the police
from the beginning. She stated that the clash of opinions was terrible
as one wanted to hide what the other wanted to reveal. Seda Safaryan
stated that in such atmosphere the tension was regular. According to
her, the public waited for the result of 5 mature people, while in
fact, the revelation of the March 1 events closed down.