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    BOTH MUST BE DISMISSED
    Hayk Aramyan

    Lragir.am
    http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country22813.html
    02/08/2011

    The Armenian press reported disagreement sometimes escalating into
    clashes between the Chief of the Police of Armenia, Alik Sargysan,
    and the Chief of the Police of Yerevan, Nerses Nazaryan, since
    Alik Sargsyan's appointment. For example, recently, Alik Sargsyan
    reportedly said during the meeting of the college of the Police that
    some people pay journalists to publish articles against the Police
    representatives. He meant Nerses Nazaryan.

    Usually, in democratic countries, the law-enforcement bodies have
    controversies which enable balance within the security system and
    exclude strengthening of one of the bodies, which eventually leads to
    coups. But "two heads" for one body is too many. It prevents efficient
    functioning of the system which can be proven by the current situation
    in the Police of Armenia.

    For its part, another situation is observed in Armenia when different
    departments of different law-enforcement bodies "speak the same
    language" and, accordingly, support each other in some questions,
    which promotes degradation of the law enforcement system.

    Certainly, internal departmental controversies sometimes result
    in information leaks, which are interesting to the press and to
    the readers but, as a rule, they concern "minor problems", without
    touching serious systemic problems.

    The press alternately reports Alik Sargsyan's and Nerses Nazaryan's
    possible resignation. Perhaps, it is time to dismiss both, in case
    there is a wish to have the Armenian Police deal with its functions
    set down in the Constitution.

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