AMERICAN EXPERTS COME LATE BUT THEY ARE NOT LATE

Yesterday the NA temporary committee investigating March 1-2 developments held a session and together with the three American experts watched some recordings. After the session the correspondent of “Hayots Ashkharh” daily had interview with Samvel Nikoyan.

“Mr. Nikoyan it was the first participation of the American experts in the session of the committee. What facts did you introduce?”
“Firstly we introduced the work implemented by the committee, the facts that we have managed to attain regarding March 1 developments. We watched the recording of the events that took place in the Theatrical Square on March 1, in the morning, later we watched the video, which the journalist of “Haykakan Jamanak” daily had given to the committee. And, by the way, not only did we bring the attention of the American experts to certain episodes of the before mentioned recording which mildly speaking give rise to doubt, but also informed them that we have already appealed to the bodies that carry out the inquest and the expert services to estimate the factual value and the assertion of the before mentioned recordings.
Together with the American experts over again we studied the conclusion of the Forensic Expertise Center. Particularly we have introduced all the details about the ten victims, the reasons of death and the injuries.”
“According to NA decision before October 25 the temporary committee must represent the results of their activity. How can the American experts help you? Why are they so late?”
“I don’t think they are late. Especially because we have invited experts from many other countries, but the thing is this issue has become a matter of discussion only in the US Embassy in Armenia. So it took lots of time to solve all the organizational issues. But we are short of time and we are really in a hurry. This is the reason why we think that the American experts are late.
In the near future we will start collecting factual data regarding the death circumstances of the ten victims. We strongly believe that both society and the National Assembly will demand clarifications regarding the reasons of those people’s death.
At the moment it is difficult to say whether or not we are satisfied with the results of our work, because we haven’t yet got the answers of many expertise. Once we receive all the proper documents, we will speak about the progress.”
“Did the American experts express any opinion after watching the recording?”
‘They are serious people and they will hardly express any opinion immediately after watching photos or videos. They must firstly analyze the information.
We asked them if they would do expertise of the photos and the recordings to see whether or not they coincide with the reality. They said they must first discuss that possibility. Besides that they must also decide where and in what conditions can they do it.
I must record that our law enforcement structures and the police allocated recordings of two minutes duration. In my view they simply don’t have other ones. Better if they had other videos but didn’t give them to us, but the fact that they don’t have any proper recordings is very bad.
The police didn’t record the illegal demonstrations and protest marches preceding March 1 developments. It is really bad because these facts are very necessary for us, for the police, for the prosecutors and society.
We must clarify many details regarding the videos that we possess, because there are lots of speculations around those videos. It is not yet clear who has recorded those videos.”
”By the way the place of the pro-oppositional vice-chairman of the committee is still vacant. Do you think they do it intentionally?”
“Not only is it intentional but also very regrettable. The absence of the opposition makes the activity of the committee very difficult. Non-participation is a political decision. Had they cooperated with the committee, people could have expected to get certain clarifications to their questions. And that would have mitigated the internal political tension. It is a pure political decision, because today not everyone wants to know the truth. And these people say that the committee doesn’t have any desire to be impartial. Are they impartial? Why hasn’t any radical witness come and told the committee what they have seen?”
GEVORG HARUTYUNYAN

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