Bloc "Elk" put into circulation the parliament draft statement "On the events of March 1, 2008"
ArmInfo. The faction of the Elk bloc on January 24, 2018 introduced the draft of the statement "On the events of March 1, 2008" to the parliament. The statement said:
"We are outraged that the perpetrators of the events of March 1, 2018 have not been identified so far and we consider it unacceptable to practice the criminal prosecution of opposition politicians and activists, which has been practiced in the Republic of Armenia so far that the cases of electoral fraud are not properly considered, we highly appreciate the safety of the participants of peaceful protest actions in Armenia, we declare that we deeply condemn the fact that after the rigged 2008 presidential elections, From 1 to 2 March, the RA Police used force against peaceful protesters and the authorities started harassment of opposition politicians. We are asking the law enforcement bodies of Armenia to find and punish the perpetrators of the crimes committed on March 1. We consider it unacceptable to dissolve the working group on March 1 events, since it could shed light on the army's participation in these events, and on election fraud. We call the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia to reconsider the indictments against opposition politicians and the activists on March 1. We are committed to developing a legislative package that will provide decent compensation to the relatives of victims of March 1 events, those who were convicted, as well as citizens who were injured by the police." The rationale for the proposal to introduce the Parliamentary statement "On the events of March 1, 2008" in particular states: "The purpose of this statement is to express the political assessment of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from the events of March 1, 2008 - in particular to assess the fact that the murders of up to have not yet been disclosed, political persecution has been carried out by the authorities, the government's attempts to hide the most important episodes of the events of March 1, assess the political persecution of the relatives of the victims, and also conceal the fact that the relative deaths and injuries, as a result of the unlawful use of force by the police, did not receive legal compensation."