The authorities of Armenia are ignoring (or at least they show that they are ignoring) the draft presented at the PACE by the head of the Swedish delegation to the PACE, in which the involvement of the army during the events of March 1-2 is considered as an action “containing components of state revolution”. The Armenian government has not commented on this initiative officially yet. Concerning this document, which was made based on the former defense minister Mikayel Harutyunyan’s order dated February 23, 2008, pro-government MPs say that this initiative either is not serious or will not bring to any serious results. The demonstrative quiet behavior of the authorities shows that they are sure that they will be able to solve their issues in the PACE and not allow to discuss things which will stop them from closing the page of March 1.
