"Oskanian Had Better Remember From Time To Time That He Can Communic

“OSKANIAN HAD BETTER REMEMBER FROM TIME TO TIME THAT HE CAN COMMUNICATE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON MARCH 1 TO THE ATTORNEY”

October 1, 2012 16:08

Andranik Kocharyan, the head of the Armenian Center for Democracy,
Security and Development, thinks that the decision of the Prosperous
Armenia Party (PAP) parliamentary group to boycott today’s vote in
the National Assembly was not right. “I cannot draw a final conclusion
based on the attorney’s application… questions need to be asked to
find out whether the explanations are legitimate or not. I read that
the Prosperous Armenia Party would boycott today, which I think is
not a right decision. Moreover, the PAP leader is not participating
in the meeting today; this is a very strange thing, because the whole
Prosperous Armenia Party should have demanded clear explanations from
the attorney in the first place. I cannot say why they boycotted,
but it is not a right decision. Not only the PAP, but also everyone
should have participated in that meeting and revealed whether there
was a political instruction behind this application or not,” Andranik
Kocharyan said during a conversation with about Attorney
General Aghvan Vardanyan’s application on former Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian discussed in the National Assembly today.

According to him, Mr. Oskanian has always avoided answering many
questions, particularly regarding information on the events of March 1,
“He could have answered many questions regarding the events of March 1,
but he didn’t reveal the facts he knew to the public.

Oskanian had better remember from time to time that he can communicate
valuable information on March 1. It is very normal, let Mr. Oskanian
give explanations; one shouldn’t politicize everything. Tomorrow
Khachikyan or Serob Ter-Poghosyan may say that they are victims of
political persecution.”

As for the articles of The Washington Post and Al Jazeera on Mr.

Oskanian, in which charges of money laundering against the
Civilitas Foundation had been explained by the fact that V. Oskanian
is independent and potentially pro-Western, Mr. Kocharyan said,
“I don’t share that opinion at all, because I don’t see what being
pro-Western has to do with this. On the contrary, I see that one could
have brought other charges against Oskanian, if the attorney’s office
had read an article published in the press a few years ago, which
contained serious factual basis not denied by Mr. Oskanian after all.

The article was entitled The Complementary Concealer of March 1. The
Washington Post may write articles for certain payment. I don’t know
who wrote and based on what facts he reached those conclusions.”

Arpine SIMONYAN

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress