Gagik Jhangiryan: Rrelatives of March 1 victims have not received compensation
During today’s sitting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs, opposition lawmaker Gagik Jhangiryan presented the draft bill on compensating the victims of violent crimes. While the Constitution stipulates that victims shall receive compensation for the damage, the relatives of the March 2008 tragedy have not been compensated to this day. Lawmaker Edmon Marukyan was the first to give his approval to the bill. “The owners of vehicles that were damaged during the March 1 clashes, as well as the owners of the burnt stores, have received compensation, but the relatives of the victims have not received anything.” Earlier the government gave a negative assessment to the bill, explaining its refusal in such formulations that offended Mr Jhnagiryan. “One should not write such things. Of course, they could revise and edit the bill, change several commas and other punctuation marks but not the content. You are insulting my dignity, and I may never want to submit another bill,” Aravot.am reports.
