Kocharyan ‘orchestrated military subversion on 1 March 2008,’ - former FFG member

Former President Robert Kocharyan orchestrated a military subversion, former member of the Fact-Finding Group (FFG) on March 1, 2 events has said.

Speaking at the rally organized by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), Andranik Kocharyan said that “all the perpetrators will eventually be held accountable”.

“On March 1 a military subversion was implemented by Robert Kocharyan, and the perpetrators of the bloodshed of that subversion must and will eventually stand trial,” said he.

Among those officials who took part in the activities of a group allegedly organizing those events, Andranik Kocharyan mentioned Former Chairman of the National Assembly, Tigran Torosyan, Former Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, Former Chief of Police Hayk Harutyunyan, the head of the National Security Services, Gorik Hakobyan and the then Defense Minister Michael Harutyunyan.

Speaking about the findings of the Fact-Finding Group, Kocharyan mentioned that during its seven months of activities the Group managed to gather the “most important and undeniable facts related to the killings during those events and the illegal and provocative actions” by the system.

Further, he said that the authorities realized how dangerous the findings of the Group may prove for them, and therefore dissolved it, pointing to what he called “absurd excuses.”

“But we managed to conduct an immense work, and with all the responsibility I can state that the Fact-Finding Group has revealed how and what forces took part in the violence of the March 1 events,” said Kocharyan.

“Reasoned and proved are the details of the violence and participation of the army and the actions of the gang groups formulated by oligarch officials and the police forces,” Kocharyan added.