POLITICAL SCIENTIST MANVEL SARGSIAN: BY MAKING A GREAT STIR OVER FOREIGN POLICY AUTHORITIES CONCEAL DOMESTIC PROBLEMS

Noyan Tapan

Feb 11, 2009

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 11, NOYAN TAPAN. "The amendment of Articles 225
and 300, RA Criminal Code, made the condition of the authorities
more complicated in connection with the "case of the seven," Manvel
Sargsian, an expert of the Center for National and International
Studies, said at the February 11 press conference. According to
him, the Council of Europe demands disclosing the real authors of
the murders committed during the March 1 mass actions and removing
accusations on those crimes from opposition activists’ case. "It means
that the whole investigation carried out so far should be announced
illegal. Unless the court is able to prove the accusations brought by
Articles 225 and 300, one can conclude that the state of emergency
announced from March 1 to 21, 2008 was illegal," the political
scientist said.

As M. Sargsian predicted it, the authorities will not completely amend
the above mentioned criminal articles for the court to find even if
some corpus delicti in the seven oppositionists’ actions. According
to him, unless the court makes any exact decision by March 1, the
passions will flame up at the rally, but unless there are provocations
by the Police, there will be no disorders, either.

The political scientist also said that at present an attempt is
made to present through television that allegedly the authorities
are engaged in solving too serious problems in the foreign political
sphere. Indeed, according to his observation, the authorities try to
conceal their domestic problems by making a great stir over foreign
policy.