ANC STATEMENT ON ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER 27, 1999 EVENTS

Tert
Oct 27 2009
Armenia

Armenian National Congress circulated a statement on the anniversary
of October 27 events. The statement, in part, reads:

"Ten years ago, on October 27, 1999, an unprecedented… and
horrible crime took place in Armenia, to find parallels of which is
difficult not only in Armenian, but also in world history. During a
parliamentary session, National Assembly (NA) Speaker Karen Demirchyan,
Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, NA Deputy Speakers Ruben Miroyan and
Yuri Bakhshyan, MPs Henrik Abrahamyan, Mikael Kotanyan and Armenak
Armenakyan, and government member Leonard Petrosyan were shot.

"[What took place on] October 27 is not a terrorist act committed
solely against individuals, well-known politicians-government workers,
or the country’s high-ranking officials. The crime itself, with its
consequences all the more, became one of the darkest days in Armenia’s
history, a decisive point in the political course since independence:
democracy was shot down, the result of Armenia’s last democratic
election was obliterated.

"The act of October 27 was a terrorist usurpation of power realized
through a state coup. With that, terrorism, as such, became the
administration’s main tool in maintaining and reproducing authority
in the future: directed not only against individuals, but also against
the entire public.

"The act of October 27, is not a completed act, a murder against
people, state officials, but a continuous terrorist act-in-process,
a treachery against Armenian statehood, against Armenia’s state
security and so far continues to bring about disasters that are fatal
for the nation.

"Neither uncovered nor sentenced, the consequences of October 27 not
only are not recovering, but the crime still continues today with
more disastrous and fatal for the nation episodes that materialize
more with time. [For instance,]

the barbarism of April 12, 2008, ï~@­ the March 1 beatings and
slaughter of peaceful demonstrators, ï~@­ the Zurich shameful denial
of the Armenian Genocide, ï~@­ the Nagorno-Karabakh issue on the
brink of ruin.

"The crime of October 27 will be remembered as the darkest page
of Armenia’s history, even if at one point its consequences are
eliminated."
From: Baghdasarian