EVERYONE TO BE PERSECUTED BY AUTHORITIES WILL BECOME THE PEOPLE’S FAVORITE,
FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY SAYS

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Recently the National Security
Service (NSS) of Armenia has started to perform not its special
functions. Gevorg Eghiazarian, former deputy minister of national
security, expressed this opinion during a meeting with reporters on
December 23. According to him, the attack on members of the New Times
Party and confiscation of their pneumatic pistols in the autumn was
a mere "demonstration of masks". G. Eghiazarian considered as its
logical continuation the arrest of Zhirayr Sefilian, coordinator of
the public initiative "Defence of Liberated Territories". "See what
happened to the people who spoke about Javakhk – Vahagn Chakhalian,
Zhirayr Sefilian," G. Eghiazarian said, adding that their isolation
is much more to the advantage of the Georgian authorities. In his
words, all these arrests show that the Armenian authorities are
concerned about their own fate. G. Eghiazarian said that recently
he was invited to the NSS to "give some explanation" regarding the
terrorist act in the RA National Assembly on October 27, 1999. He
noted that he is always ready to give explanation on any problem to
law-enforcement bodies, and he is convinced that "whatever happens"
is to his advantage. In response to the question "Why are you so
convinced?", the former deputy minister replied: "Everyone to be
persecuted by the authorities will become the people’s favorite."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress