Epress.am News from Armenia
Armen Farmanyan, who died on Mar. 1, 2008, would’ve been 37 years old today.
Though over 3.5 years have passed since his death, we see no progress in his case, said Armen’s father, Vachagan Farmanyan, in conversation with Epress.am.
According to him, they have meetings with representatives of international agencies, they hand them letters, but nothing changes.
“They want to forget March 1, but we won’t let them. We hope there will be progress during this administration’s term. Actually, this case is actually solved, finished; there is the shooter, there is the person who gave the order; they just don’t want to consider it solved. It’s their handiwork, by their men. The Cheryomukha is a prohibited weapon, why did they use it? And the snipers shot… It’s clearly solved,” he said.
Armen’s father said apart from the opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress, they don’t pin hopes on any other political force or the National Assembly.
“Our hopes are tied only with the [Armenian National] Congress. [The] Heritage [Party] is also opposition, and supposedly Dashnaktsutyun [the Armenian Revolutionary Federation] is also opposition, but none of them are doing anything,” he said.
Recall that mass protests against alleged electoral fraud, organized by supporters of unsuccessful presidential candidate, first president of the Republic of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian, followed the presidential election of Feb. 19, 2008, in Armenia. On Mar. 1, 2008, national police and military forces, called in to disperse the crowds, used “excessive force and violence” which left 10 people dead and many more wounded.