HistoryofTruth.com - Armenian Allegations

Armenian authorities have prepared an amnesty and scrapped a commission that was to investigate the causes of post-election political violence in 2008, the leader of the opposition New Times Party, Aram Karapetian, announced during a June 15 news conference. Karapetian suggested the government moves were part of a cover-up designed to prevent information from coming to light on the causes of the 2008 clashes. “Authorities are trying to hush up the issue,” Karapetian was quoted by Regnum news agency as saying. He said that he had received 2,000 pages and lots of video evidence collected by the commission that could shed light on “what really happened” on March 1, 2008. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan dissolved the fact-finding group on June 6.

Karapetian added that the government's plans to announce an amnesty also serve the purpose of trying to keep public attention away from thinking about responsibility for the events. “Amnesty is a good thing, but it is bad that the president is trying to present it as a public demand,” said Karapetyan.