By Ruzanna Khachatrian and Emil Danielian
Is President Sarkisian (left) removing his predecessor Kocharian's people? (Photolur)
In recent days, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian has dismissed both
the head of the State Protection Service, Girgory Sarkisian (to whom he
is not related) and national police chief Lieutenant General Hayk
Harutiunian in what some observers believe is an attempt to distance
himself from men who played a key role in the crackdown in Yerevan on
March 1-2 on opposition demonstrators protesting the perceived
falsification of the February 19 presidential ballot. At least 10
people died during or as a result of injuries received in that
crackdown.
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