Harsnaqar incident domestic policy challenge – expert

The deadly clash at the Harsnaqar restaurant, which claimed the life of a military doctor, poses a serious domestic policy threat to Armenia, according to Stepan Grigoryan a political analyst.
At a news conference on Friday, the expert said he is very much surprised that the subsequent developments did not address the incident at all.
Three military doctors were beaten by the restaurant's security guards on June 17. One of them, Major Vahe Avetyan, who the most seriously affected, died in hospital twelve days later. The restaurant is owned by Football Federation President Ruben Hayrapetyan, a member of the ruling Republican Party faction in Armenia's National Assembly.
Commenting on the incident, Grigoryan said that the ruling regime is losing its sovereignty, by declaring a restaurant or any other institution its property. He called for the authorities' measure to do away with such kind of phenomena in the country.
Three days after Avetyan's death, the businessman MP declared his intention to vacate his seat in the legislative. He submitted his resignation notice to the National Assembly on June 22.
"It is necessary to wait for the authorities' response," Grigoryan said. "One parliament member's waiving mandate offers no solution to the problem. The question demands a systemic solution," he said, adding that he focuses on the phenomenon in general rather than the individuals in question.   Read more... (229 words)

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