ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED THAT TOMORROW THE STATE OF EMERGENCY ORDER IN YEREVAN WILL BE LIFTED
Mediamax
March 20, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated today
that on March 21 the state of emergency order will be lifted.
Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
the Armenian President stated that he does not see any reasons to
prolong the state of emergency.
"The implementation of a state of emergency on March 1 allowed avoiding
new human losses and more serious consequences for the country", Robert
Kocharian stated, noting that in the course of 20 days of the state
of emergency effect, cases of its violation were not registered. The
President reminded that in the course of the recent 20 days, he twice
signed decrees on mitigating the order of the state of emergency.
"Today, my main task is the complete stabilization of the situation
from the point of view of control and return to the situation,
which we had in Armenia before the elections. To overcome the
psychological consequences, of course, more time will be necessary",
Robert Kocharian stated.
The Armenian President stated that the initial results of the
investigation evidence that the mass unrest in Yerevan on March 1-2
were organized, "there are no doubts about it".
Robert Kocharian stated that in the nearest future, the cases of 40-50
arrested people will be sent to court and will undergo hearings in
accordance with accelerated legal procedure.