LEVON TER-PETROSYAN: REVEALING OCTOBER 27 CASE IS THE IMPORTANT DUTY OF FUTURE PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 27 2007

The monolithic pyramid of the criminal corrupt regime of Armenia
would not be built without the murder of Karen Demirchyan and Vazgen
Sargsyan on October 27, stated the first president of Armenia Levon
Ter-Petrosyan during the rally on the eve of the eighth anniversary
of October 27. According to him, this "petrifying event" has not
been exposed fully. Levon Ter-Petrosyan told about October 27 and
the events that followed. According to him, high-ranking officials of
the army had phoned him on October 28 and invited to a consultation
of the army leadership and political forces. "I refused and told
my interlocutors the army should not interfere with politics and
the internal affairs of the country, your mission is different, the
security of the borders of Armenia and prevention of threats to the
country," Levon Ter-Petrosyan says. He says afterwards he appealed
to the society to come together around President Robert Kocharyan.

"After that Robert Kocharyan phoned me and thanked me. If was my
first and last talk with Kocharyan after the change of government. My
concern at that moment was not to support the president but to prevent
chaos and aggressive aims of Azerbaijan. It is not a secret that
the success of the Armenian side in the war was greatly thanks to
chaos and anarchism in the periods when power passed from Mutalibov
to Elchibay, and from Elchibay to Aliyev. So, Azerbaijan might have
considered using this situation in Armenia," Levon Ter-Petrosyan says.

Afterwards he presented the process that followed October 27. Levon
Ter-Petrosyan mentioned the beginning of the investigation, when
Robert Kocharyan interfered with the investigation and removed
prosecutor Gagik Jhangiryan, and did not allow him to report to the
National Assembly, dismissed Prosecutor General Boris Nazaryan and
Prime Minister Aram Sargsyan. "Everywhere, in case of such crimes, the
public opinion usually suspects the government. Hence, the president
should have been interested in removing suspicions from him. If he
had no other motivation, he should have given absolute freedom to the
judicial and investigation bodies and guarantee the transparency of
the trial. However, the opposite happened," Levon Ter-Petrosyan says.

According to him, October 27 will remain the disgrace of the Armenian
state which will be partly washed away in case of revelation of the
case. "Therefore, the resolution of this problem will become one of the
main duties of the future president of Armenia," Levon Ter-Petrosyan
says, adding that if Serge Sargsyan is elected president, "the case
will be dead".