Epress.am News from Armenia
Law enforcement agencies and the special parliamentary Commission on March 1 had all the possible discussions (regarding the events of Mar. 1, 2008), Prosperous Armenia MP Vardan Bostanjyan told Epress.am on Thursday.
Weighing in on the resolution adopted by PACE which considers the chapter on the March 1 case closed, Bostanjyan said, it’s understandable that some issues have remained unsolved and some questions, unanswered, but “to continue this would mean increasing confrontation in our country.”
“At this time, I assume that we’re moving toward parliamentary elections [set to take place in 2012]. There exists a certain understandable tension among political entities, and to season this also, especially, with the remaining not yet solved issues of Mar. 1, most likely would exacerbate the situation in our country. I also think that relatively speaking this page can be considered closed,” he said.
However, he said, there are “many moments” which he would like “to be truly disclosed.”
“As for the 10 victims, which are so much of a fact that it’s impossible… not to talk or think about this phenomenon, they will remain. But the Armenian people have always had such types of pages in its past history, but I don’t think they’ve taken it and made it into their axis to move, to develop. Though it’s understandable that any imperceptible, unacceptable incident and deed, especially if the authorities willingly or unwillingly are mixed up in this— historically, it always has to be answered [or, someone will have to answer for this]. Particularly, the more total version of this is genocide,” said Bostanjyan.
Today, it’s not because of genocide recognition that Armenians have to claim lands from a powerful country and other things that stem from this, Bostanjyan continued, but simply that humanity has to condemn the act of genocide, so it doesn’t happen in the future.
Recall, 40 out of 44 PACE delegates voted in favor of the resolution, including Armenian delegates Davit Harutyunyan (of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia) and Naira Zohrabyan (of the Prosperous Armenia party, one of the 3 parties in the governing coalition).