ARMENIAN POLICE NEED RETRAINING, AD HOC COMMISSION CHAIRMAN STATES

Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Sept 17 2009
Armenia

Summing up the investigation of the March 1 events conducted by the
ad hoc parliamentary commission for the March 1-2, 2008, events,
Commission Chairman, Vice-Speaker of the RA Parliament Samvel Nikoyan
arrived at the conclusion that Armenian law-enforcers need professional
retaining and new skilled personnel.

Presenting the Commission’s final report to the RA Parliament,
Nikoyan stressed that the reason for the conclusion is that the
police used Cheremukha-7 gas against the demonstrators on March 1,
2008, which claimed human lives. On the other hand, Nikoyan stated
that the police actions were, in general, legally acceptable.

He also slated the Opposition member Levon Zurabyann, who did not
allow the demonstrators to leave Myasnikyan Square.