A Republican on the events of October 27: We cannot allow scoundrels to hide behind the names of the great sons of the Armenian people when committing treason

ArmInfo. We must not allow scoundrels to commit treason and crimes under the guise of Sparapet and other great figures of the Armenian people. Former member of the National Assembly of Armenia and member of the Republican Party, Hayk Mamijanyan, stated this at the Yerablur military pantheon on October 27.

Regarding the lessons learned from the events of October 27, 1999, he noted that much has been said about this—about the great sons of the Armenian people the Armenian state and nation lost. "But there is another important thought: we must not allow scoundrels and traitors to commit treason and crimes under the guise of Sparapet and other great figures of ours. And this is what we can do now." "This is a change connected to the present," Mamijanyan emphasized in a conversation with journalists.

When asked about the fact that today there are people who were once allies of Sparapet Vazgen Sargsyan and now share the position of the current government, the politician noted that he did not want to comment on this. "A person's harshest judge should be their own conscience, if they still hear its voice. I believe I cannot say anything harsher than what a person's conscience can tell them." "Therefore, I do not want to comment on this issue in any way, especially on this day and in such a place," Mamijanyan concluded.

As a reminder, on October 27, 1999, an armed group of five people, led by former journalist Nairi Hunanyan, stormed the session hall of the National Assembly of Armenia and shot those present. Prominent government and political figures were killed in the attack: Speaker of the National Assembly Karen Demirchyan, Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, Vice Speaker of Parliament Yuri Bakhshyan, Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruben Miroyan, Minister of Operational Issues Leonard Petrosyan, and members of Parliament Armenak Armenakyan, Mikhail Kotanyan, and Henrik Abrahamyan. The trial ended in December 2003. Six defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment, and one (Hamlet Stepanyan) to 14 years.

In December 2019, the resumption of the investigation was announced. Nearly seven years later, on October 27, 2026, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia reported that over a dozen interrogations had been conducted and requests for information had been submitted as part of the investigation. During this time, the supervisory agency also sent three instructions to the operational body to conduct investigative measures. By decision of the prosecutor, several classified documents were seized and examined, and confidential investigative actions are being conducted.