Armenian President urges law enforcement agencies to intensify efforts in investigating March 1 events
21.04.2011,
18:13
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has urged law enforcement institutions to intensify efforts in investigating the March 1, 2008 events, the president’s press office reported on Wednesday.
YEREVAN, April 21. /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has urged law enforcement institutions to intensify efforts in investigating the March 1, 2008 events, the president’s press office reported on Wednesday.
After the 2008 presidential election, Armenian opposition headed by the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who lost the then race for presidency, staged protests saying the election had been fraudulent and the results had been rigged. The rallies ended in clashes between protesters and law enforcements.
As a result, ten were killed and 200 injured. Many were arrested.
“I’ve repeatedly said and reiterate now that expectations were great,” Sargsyan said Wednesday at his meeting with law enforcement and judicial officials. “I mean the Match 1 events. I expect a new impetus and intensification in investigation.”
The president stressed that he new about all objective problems, which hobbled investigation.
“Perhaps, nobody is informed about these problems better than I,” the president said. “But I should stress again that the matter is very important to our state and our nation,” he said adding that the case must be cleared also to leave no room to some people for reaping fruit from this situation.
The head of state demanded the meeting participants to consider all the circumstances in details again. He doesn’t rule out that new details can be found. -0-
After the 2008 presidential election, Armenian opposition headed by the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who lost the then race for presidency, staged protests saying the election had been fraudulent and the results had been rigged. The rallies ended in clashes between protesters and law enforcements.
As a result, ten were killed and 200 injured. Many were arrested.
“I’ve repeatedly said and reiterate now that expectations were great,” Sargsyan said Wednesday at his meeting with law enforcement and judicial officials. “I mean the Match 1 events. I expect a new impetus and intensification in investigation.”
The president stressed that he new about all objective problems, which hobbled investigation.
“Perhaps, nobody is informed about these problems better than I,” the president said. “But I should stress again that the matter is very important to our state and our nation,” he said adding that the case must be cleared also to leave no room to some people for reaping fruit from this situation.
The head of state demanded the meeting participants to consider all the circumstances in details again. He doesn’t rule out that new details can be found. -0-
