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    ARMENIAN MP CALLS FOR EFFORTS TO PREVENT NEW VIOLENCE IN SOCIETY

    tert.am
    02.07.12

    A lawmaker of the Prosperous Armenian party, Naira Zohrabyan, has
    called for maximum efforts to prevent deadly incidents like that of
    Harsnakar restaurant.

    "We all have to be together, regardless of whether we are from the
    ruling party or the opposition, or a representative of the civil
    society. A tumultuous case as this has to make us all voice our
    protest in this connection," she told reporters today when walking
    to deceased military doctor, Vahe Avetyan's house together with a
    group of 50 people.

    Avetyan, who was the chief of the ENT Department at the Yerevan
    Garrison Hospital, was beaten severely by the restaurant's security
    guards on June 17. He was hospitalized in a critical condition and
    was later operated on, but doctors appeared powerless to save his life.

    The serious damages to his brain had created conditions incompatible
    with life, and the doctor died in hospital on Friday evening.

    Avetyan's funerals is on Monday afternoon. Among the politicians and
    activists walking to the his place were members of the Prosperous
    Armenia party and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).

    Harsnaqar is owned by ruling Republican Party lawmaker Ruben
    Hayrapetyan, who is also the president of the Football Federation
    of Armenia (FFA). One of the men involved in the scuffle was later
    reported to be his personal bodyguard.

    Asked about Hayrapetyan's share of guilt in the incident, the PAP
    member said: "I wouldn't like to breach the presumption of innocence
    clause in relation to anyone because I don't think there has been
    an instruction. What troubles me is how an Armenian man can become
    brutal enough to deprive a human being of life."

    Zohrabyan declined to comment on whether she will vote for or against
    a proposal on stripping the ruling party member off mandate.

    The participants of the procession are planning a gathering outside
    the Presidential Office after the funerals.

    An honor guard from the defense ministry is also attending the
    ceremony.

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