In Armenia, sensational crimes that have anything to do with politics have always created an atmosphere of mistrust and suspicion. We don’t know who are behind the October 27 terrorists, no one has been punished for the events of March 1, although there is no one on the face of the earth who doesn’t know who organized that slaughter. It is not known who assassinated Colonel Vahram Khorkhoruni, Deputy Chief of Police Gevorg Mheryan, Tax Agency Director Shahen Hovasapyan; we have doubts about the official versions of the assassinations of Attorney General Henrik Khachatryan and General Artsrun Margaryan. Assassination attempts, in particular, are covered with such a mist that the situation even becomes somewhat funny. For example, it was officially stated that Smbat Ayvazyan wanted to assassinate Artashes Geghamyan, but then he probably changed his mind, taking into account how important for the nation the speeches made by Mr. Geghamyan at the PACE were. It also was officially stated that some Biting Misha was going to assassinate Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, and it was arranged by Eduard Madatyan, aka Curly Edo, a former minister. However, afterwards, that person made friends with Mher Sedrakyan, aka Mher of Tokhmakh, currently an MP, and became related to him; now he comes to Armenia and leaves without difficulty, and it seems no one reminds him about that accusation.
There is almost the same story about the assassination attempt on Paruyr Hayrikyan. At first, that candidate for president expressed a conviction that the terrorist act had been committed by Chekists and Russian Imperialism; however, afterwards, he didn’t claim that version. Vardan Sedrakyan, another candidate for president, thinks that the government suspects him, although the preliminary investigation body hasn’t said a word about that. And the expert in epic poems himself suspects Masons led by Raffi Hovhannisyan. No one can tell why Chekists, imperialists, the expert in epic poems, or Masons would want to harm Paruyr Hayrikyan or impede the normal process of the election. The only thing we know about this assassination attempt is the following; a tiler who is a terrorist and a drug addict – whose mother-in-law also suspects the expert in epic poems, by the way – came home after the assassination attempt on Hayrikyan and told his wife: “This is the gun I used to shoot at Hayrikyan, keep it, please, in the groats jar; I will need it for other crimes.” However, when the vigilant Chekists – not the Chekists mentioned by Hayrikyan, but ours, officers of the National Security Service of independent Armenia – went to the tiler’s home and asked: “Ma’am, is it possible that you have a gun here, and it is the gun, which was used in the assassination attempt on a candidate for president?” Naturally, the wife went to the kitchen and showed the crime weapon. Therefore, it is obvious that this assassination attempt will be completely solved, and society will have no doubt about the one-to-one correspondence between the official version and the reality.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
