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"HE IS A GUY WITH A SERIOUS BIOGRAPHY," GALUST SAHAKYAN IS SORRY FOR KHACHIKYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/29/114805/
September 29, 2012 15:38
Sahakyan, a deputy leader of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA),
said about the arrest of Vazgen Khachikyan, a former head of the state
social security service, that there were other accused in the case,
"There are many other people, the case is not closed."
However, he didn't go into detail whether other former heads of the
field would be arrested in the short-run or not. He just said that
he was sorry for Khachikyan, "People who commit crimes must be held
accountable. I am very sorry for Khachikyan, because he is a guy with
a rather serious biography. I don't think that my friends or relatives
may have another opinion psychologically. But everyone must bear the
responsibility for his actions."
In response to our question whether the abuses were committed by the
service headed by Khachikyan alone, since it was under the Ministry of
Social Affairs, Mr. Sahakyan said, "It is possible that the Minister
of Social Affairs didn't know anything, it is possible that he knew,
what suspicious questions you ask and try to get answers."
He also commented on the news about Khachikyan's arrest that it was a
pre-election show or political bargaining, "Our thoughts have become
instruments of bargaining. If it had been after the election, there
would have been rumors again that they had waited till the election
was over and then did it. If it had been one year after the election,
they would have talked, anyway. I am not to blame that there are
skeptics. People had better become more serious and live a real life.
People who commit crimes must be held accountable. What does the
political stage have to do with that? A crime is not a subject of
a discussion on the political stag, it is a legal issue and one
shouldn't make any political assessments."
Arpine SIMONYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/09/29/114805/
September 29, 2012 15:38
Sahakyan, a deputy leader of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA),
said about the arrest of Vazgen Khachikyan, a former head of the state
social security service, that there were other accused in the case,
"There are many other people, the case is not closed."
However, he didn't go into detail whether other former heads of the
field would be arrested in the short-run or not. He just said that
he was sorry for Khachikyan, "People who commit crimes must be held
accountable. I am very sorry for Khachikyan, because he is a guy with
a rather serious biography. I don't think that my friends or relatives
may have another opinion psychologically. But everyone must bear the
responsibility for his actions."
In response to our question whether the abuses were committed by the
service headed by Khachikyan alone, since it was under the Ministry of
Social Affairs, Mr. Sahakyan said, "It is possible that the Minister
of Social Affairs didn't know anything, it is possible that he knew,
what suspicious questions you ask and try to get answers."
He also commented on the news about Khachikyan's arrest that it was a
pre-election show or political bargaining, "Our thoughts have become
instruments of bargaining. If it had been after the election, there
would have been rumors again that they had waited till the election
was over and then did it. If it had been one year after the election,
they would have talked, anyway. I am not to blame that there are
skeptics. People had better become more serious and live a real life.
People who commit crimes must be held accountable. What does the
political stage have to do with that? A crime is not a subject of
a discussion on the political stag, it is a legal issue and one
shouldn't make any political assessments."
Arpine SIMONYAN