The Deputy Prosecutor stated that while he has observed and been involved in many elections but has never been witness to the levels of fraud and corruption that took place in this election. The Deputy Prosecutor urged those in the massive crowd to unwaveringly stand in defense of their legitimate ballots since by himself Levon Ter-Petrosyan is incapable of establishing the rule of law in this country.

“It wouldn’t be sincere of me not to speak of October 27th”, said Jhangiryan and declared that he agreed with those political evaluations of Levon Ter-Petrosyan regarding the date. (Readers will remember that on that date in 1999 a group of men attacked the Parliament, killing the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Parliament and 7 Parliamentary Deputies.) He went on to state that as a lawyer that portion of the case regarding those behind the attack must continue to be investigated. Gagik Jhangiryan again urged the crowd to defend their legitimate votes and assist Ter-Petrosyan, stating that by doing so they will bring the events of October 27th to their rightful conclusion.

Soon afterwards the Media Secretary of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office issued a communique to the effect that Gagik Jhangiryan had grossly violated the law and that the Chief Prosecutor of the ROA had advised the President of Armenia to dismiss him from his office and banish him from the Prosecutor’s Department.

 The communique noted that, “The legal statute of the ROA regarding the “Prosecutor’s Office” prohibits prosecutors from engaging in politics. Paragraph 7 of the statute specifically states that, “Public prosecutors cannot be members of any political party or in any other manner engage in politics. Prosecutors must, in all circumstances, remain neutral and exhibit political restraint.”