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OPPOSITION LEADER BLAMES "CORRUPT" POLICE FOR ATTEMPT ON MAYOR'S LIFE
Arminfo
3 Apr 07
Yerevan, 3 April: "The attempt on the Gyumri mayor's life was a
warning to certain leaders in the Republican Party of Armenia,"
said the leader of the opposition New Times Party, Aram Karapetyan.
Many crimes are committed before important political events,
particularly ahead of the forthcoming 12 May parliamentary election,
he added.
"We had warned about these events. We had said several times that the
country is full of crime. The authorities' statements that stability
has been achieved are absurd. This was confirmed by yesterday's
attempt on the life of the mayor of the second city of the republic,
Vardan Ghukasyan," Karapetyan said.
The leader of the New Times Party stressed that the situation in
Armenia was the direct consequence of the work of the corrupt police,
which had not solved any of the [previous] high-profile crimes. "There
are good people in this system, but the system itself is so corrupt
that they cannot work there," Karapetyan concluded.
The cars of Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan and deputy mayor Gagik
Manukyan came under fire yesterday at about 2200 [1700 gmt] on
the Yerevan-Gyumri highway. Three people were killed, the rest were
injured. Ghukasyan and Manukyan are under intensive care in a hospital
in the capital.
Arminfo
3 Apr 07
Yerevan, 3 April: "The attempt on the Gyumri mayor's life was a
warning to certain leaders in the Republican Party of Armenia,"
said the leader of the opposition New Times Party, Aram Karapetyan.
Many crimes are committed before important political events,
particularly ahead of the forthcoming 12 May parliamentary election,
he added.
"We had warned about these events. We had said several times that the
country is full of crime. The authorities' statements that stability
has been achieved are absurd. This was confirmed by yesterday's
attempt on the life of the mayor of the second city of the republic,
Vardan Ghukasyan," Karapetyan said.
The leader of the New Times Party stressed that the situation in
Armenia was the direct consequence of the work of the corrupt police,
which had not solved any of the [previous] high-profile crimes. "There
are good people in this system, but the system itself is so corrupt
that they cannot work there," Karapetyan concluded.
The cars of Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan and deputy mayor Gagik
Manukyan came under fire yesterday at about 2200 [1700 gmt] on
the Yerevan-Gyumri highway. Three people were killed, the rest were
injured. Ghukasyan and Manukyan are under intensive care in a hospital
in the capital.