22 September 2009, 18:00
Armenian Ombudsman finds report on opposition vs. police clashes in 2008 non-objective
Armen Arutyunyan, Ombudsman in Armenia, said, in his comments on the report, published on September 17, of the interim parliamentary commission for studying the events on March 1, 2008, in Yerevan, when the authorities dispersed mass actions of the opposition, that the actions of power agents had been approached too mildly.
Mr Arutyunyan has noted that the commission could have shown a greater severity in relation to the Prosecutor's Office, Special Investigatory Service and the police. According to his story, the commission's report raised proper issues, however, the descriptive part looks biased.
In the opinion of the Ombudsman, the report of the interim commission makes a positive statement that the reasons of what happened were systemic, and the authorities of the country are the main guilty party.
Author: Lylyt Ovanisyan Source: CK correspondent
