GURGEN ARSENIAN: REAR SERVICE OF DEFENSE MINISTRY HAD NO RELATION TO MARCH 1 EVENTS
NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 15, 2009
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group of the RA
National Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Inquiry into the March
1-2 Events in Yerevan and their Reasons presented on September 9 the
results of the checks it had conducted the day before at the material
storehouses of the Rear Service of the RA Ministry of Defense.
The purpose of the group was to check the information indicated in the
August 24 report of former members of the Fact-Finding Group Andranik
Kocharian and Seda Sasarian to the effect that on March 1, 2008,
military uniformes were given from the storehouse to 9 high-ranking
officials, including big businessmen. To recap, after providing this
information to the Fact-Finding Group, the Armenian National Congress
had accused the authorities of forming "armed groupings not envisaged
by law" with the aim of organizing provocations on March 1.
Head of the working group, Chairman of the United Labor Party
Gurgen Arsenian said at the sitting that during 4 hours the group
was examining the records regarding the distribution of material
values made in the record books of the material storehouse of the Rear
Service of the RA Defense Ministry not only on March 1, but also in the
preceding and following days, as well as the respective invoices. As a
result, the information presented by the opposition was not confirmed.
"We, the working group, take the responsibility for stating that the
Rear Service of the Ministry of Defense had no relation to March 1
events," G.
Arsenian said.