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    NA EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON HARSNAKAR CASE
    Naira Hayrumyan

    Story from Lragir.am News:
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country26731.html
    Published: 15:37:23 - 02/07/2012

    The case of Harsnakar has been viewed since the beginning as a purely
    legal one and has gained political hue. Those guilty who beat the
    military doctor to death will most probably serve a sentence, and
    thus the legal aspect of the issue will be ensured.

    But no protests are held with the demand to punish the killers. The
    incident of Harsnakar was perceived as an impudent challenge of the
    oligarchic system of Armenia to the society and each of us. Many
    protesters held up posters "I'm Vahe Avetyan" because any of us could
    be in Vahe's place.

    This incident is blatant not only because the society has changed
    and is now ready to fight for its rights. This is the case when
    the authorities and its henchmen cannot blame either the victim or
    the society that defends him for fulfilling someone's order. When
    Mashtots Park activists were trying to pull out the bolt from the
    illegal boutiques, many people said that they were fulfilling someone's
    order and it was not real struggle for honor or dignity. This was the
    reason why most political forces did not join the fight being afraid
    of working for "foreign" interests.

    In Vahe Avetyan's case, no one can say that this is an order that
    Vahe was beaten up for opposition positions or activities. So, the
    protests in memory of Vahe may be a precedent of combination of civil
    and political fight.

    Representatives of at least three parliamentary forces take part
    in protests - the Armenian National Congress, Dashnaktsutyun and
    Heritage. MP Vartan Oskanian, Prosperous Armenia, also condemned
    the incident.

    Former civil initiatives could have grown into a big movement if they
    were supported at the political level. But the major Armenian parties
    somehow shy away from civil initiatives, while civil activists do
    not want to get "marred" by politics. Because of these complexes,
    the civil and oppositional movement is moving towards the same goal
    by different ways, not helping but hindering each other.

    Levon Zurabyan, as well as other representatives of other forces say
    that Ruben Hayrapetyan must not be a member of parliament. And we need
    to expect that they will raise this issue in the NA sessions. It
    happened so that the parliament is currently on leave but the
    opposition should demand an extraordinary session to discuss this
    important matter.

    The civil initiatives may support them in the street and achieve a
    political decision on their civil claim and removal of at least one
    oligarch. So far the authorities may have harmed the interests of
    the oligarchs but never touched their "body".

    If the opposition and the civil movement do not shy away from each
    other, the oligarchy will destroy them separately. Together they are
    a real force.

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