ARMENIAN NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE [NSC] INITIATES CRIMINAL CASE ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN MASS MEDIA ALLEGEDLY ABOUT PREPARING ATTEMPT AGAINST PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN

ArmInfo
2008-11-05 11:09:00

ArmInfo. Armenian National Security Service [NSC] has initiated a
criminal case on the basis of information published in mass media
allegedly about preparing attempt against President Serzh Sargsyan.

The relevant article was published in Haykakan Zhamanak daily and
signed by correspondent Lusine Barsegyan yesterday. The article says
that participant in the Karabakh war, the initiator of the newly
created "Sardarapat" organization, an Armenian from France Sargis
Hatspanyan said about an attempt being prepared against President Serzh
Sargsyan’s life. He also added materials which prove this were spread
in several copies in France, Javahkh, Armenia and Karabakh. Hatspanyan
got the information from his counterpart, which teaches in an academy
in one of the European countries.

There are several scenarios of the attempt, it may be a flight accident
during a foreign trip, Hatspanyan said. He also added that two forces
are interested in this attempt: the former president Robert Kocharyan,
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dasknaktiutyun and ‘Civilitas’
foundation headed by the former foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan;
the second force is not the "classical opposition" but those who
support the ideology ‘no inch of land to the enemy’.

Today’s Haykakan Zhamanak reported that yesterday the author of the
article was invited to National Security Service to give testimony. A
criminal case was initiated on the basis of the published article by
the clause 35-305 of Armenian Criminal Code (preparation of attempt
against the life of state official). Head of press-service of NSC
Artsvin Bagramyan proved the information about initiating the case.