RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN: CRIMINOGENIC SITUATION OF ARMENIA REFLECTS SICKNESS OF SOCIETY AND STATE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The criminogenic
situation of Armenia, scandalous murders reflect the sickness of the
society and the state. Raffi Hovannisian, member of the Zharangutiun
(Heritage) Party Board, former RA Foreign Minister, expressed such
an opinion at the September 6 meeting at the Pastark club. "We can
for weeks, for months, from one press conference to another speak
about phenomena, about changing the system, about the national
transformation, argue, what is right, evolution or revolution, but
as far as responsibility is not concrete, as far as the law is not
used equally, from the current President to the last citizen, as
far as there is an army of privileged persons and these persons are
connected with this regime, as far the force, arms and land belong
to the same circle, when they exercise right and law on the basis of
the unity of this force and money, it will go on like this, but this
is not natural," the speaker declared. In his opinion, this does not
correspond to the values adopted by the Armenian people and its rich
civilization heritage and on the threshold of the 15th anniversary of
RA sovereignty it brings to light the huge work the current generation
should do for completely returning Armenia to the legal field. Two
hours before the press conference Shahen Hovasapian, Chief of the
Investigation Department of RA Tax Service, was killed in Yerevan,
near his house.