STRANGE INSTRUCTIONS FROM EUROPE
Kima Yeghiazaryan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
01 Oct 2008
Armenia
Some days after March 1-2 developments, when even the General
Prosecutor’s and the special investigative service didn’t imagine what
volumes will the case have, beginning from March 5 the Europeans were
very concerned about the destiny of the detained.
>From that day on, till now they continuously appear with announcements,
calling the authorities "to release those who didn’t commit serious
crime or those who are detained because of their political views,
as soon as possible."
Undoubtedly the before mentioned instructions coming from Europe
are quite understandable for us. The members of more than 60 parties
registered in our country have quite different "political views". Which
means all of them can organize a coup, to prove their loyalty to their
"political views." And no punishment.
And after all who said that the attempts of takeover, by means of
organizing massive disorder is not considered a serious crime
And of course those who are concerned about the problems of the
"political prisoners" have no time to listen to similar questions or
moreover to ground their appeals and demands.
The most important thing for them is to see the "fighters for
liberty" released. Whereas the process of the court procedure and
the already accomplished=2 0verdicts demonstrate that everything is
clear – 42 persons have been released immediately from the court,
they are on probation, and 39 persons have been sentenced to 3 –
3,5 years imprisonment.
But it turned out that PACE is not satisfied with these data. In its
conclusion published the day before Council of Europe Human Rights
Commissioner Tomas Hammarberg over again called the authorities
to release the revolutionaries, meanwhile he underscored that he
considers the continuation of the court procedures unacceptable. "The
continuation of the court procedures which are based on the person’s
political views or their detention for not violent actions, are
unacceptable."
This not very clear explanation brings to one conclusion, the law
enforcers must stop the questioning of the ex chief warder Mushegh
Saghatelyan, who, on March 1 fled the Theatrical Square and acted
violently towards the policeman who caught him.
They must also change all the verdicts taken by now and justify the
"freedom fighters". It is impossible to give another interpretation
to the ideas of the Human Rights Commissioner. By the way we must
underscore that Hammarberg has pointed out article 300 of the
Criminal Code, he has used certain judicial language, but he didn’t
say a word about why this criminal case has been instituted. In his
report you will not find the words "massive disorder followed by
m urders". Which means according to Hammarberg’s conclusion one can
think that the "incident" that took place on March 1-2 in the heart of
our capital city was a "significant event". The next idea expressed
by the commissioner is not less noteworthy: "The interlocutors of
the commissioner believe the competencies of the parties before the
court have been violated."
What does the commissioner mean, when the court procedures were very
rarely held in peaceful atmosphere. The Commissioner, who paid a two
days visit to Yerevan in July, naturally couldn’t participate in the
court procedures that reminded of a bullfight. But he could at least
go through the reports made by the press belonging to Armenian Pan
National Movement. When the furious activists used to capture the
halls of the court, attack the court managers, and drive the judge
presiding over the procedure, away from the hall.
So it turns out that if the halls of the court were small for
the demonstrations it means their rights have been violated. Very
ridiculous.
Another court procedure is in store, on October 7. Do the law enforcers
have the right to clarify, why Sasun Mikaelyan hid arms in his personal
small lake? Or why he supplied food to the demonstrators?
Or do they have the right to clarify why after descending from the
barricades Myasnik Malkhasyan ran away with an iron stick in his
=0 Apocket. What about Alik Arzumanyan’s telephone conversations,
where he announced that there is no other option except an armed coup.
After all it was Hakob Hakobyan’s personal desire to be detained
"to have everything clarified", which he announced in the parliament.
So if the law enforcers release these people, what will the process
of the investigation be like? Most probably it will be quashed because
of the absence of the corpus delicti.