On 14 July 2015 the General Prosecution received “No to Plunder!” civil initiative’s a letter in which the authors of the initiative asked to initiate a criminal case bases on the facts mentioned in the letter and punish the policemen who applied force against the citizens struggling against the electricity price hike on 23 June and after. And also they asked to pass a proper procedural conduct and carry out a proper prosecutorial control over the preliminary investigation, to give a juridical estimation to the Police activities and punish the sinners.
Member of “No to Plunder!” initiative Ara Karagyozyan mentions that the initiative will inform about its further activities only after the reply: “If the decision is negative, naturally there will be some activities by us. We will appeal in the appropriate order against the decision for the idleness of both the Prosecution and the inspectors, and we will get to the Court of Appeals”.
Ara Karagyozyan did not want to answer the question whether “No to Plunder!” initiative will restart to organize meetings and protest actions or not. He said that he has received some information that The Police calls civil activists and invites them to departments without juridical basis: “As a lawyer I assure citizens that if the Police calls You to go for interrogation by means of a phone, You have the right not to go, and if the Police comes to Your house without juridical basis, do not let the policeman enter your house. It is your constitutional right. According to Ara Karagyozyan this kind of activities of the Police have one aim- to create an n atmosphere of fear for the initiative and citizens not to organize meetings and protest actions any more.
Laura Mamyan
