The Armenakan-Ramkavar Liberal Party has issued the following statement on the 2nd anniversary of the events of March 1-2, 2008.  On March 1, we will mark on of the most tragic pages of independent Armenia’s history - the second anniversary of calamitous events of 2008. The tragedy revealed that the culture of political struggle in the RoA has yet to be crafted. During those dreadful days, the sides engaged in a struggle for power took illegal steps that lead to an unavoidable confrontation and the deaths of innocent people. And even though two years have passed, an appropriate evaluation of the March 1st events has yet to be made. The parties involved still seek to exploit what happened, hurling a variety of charges against one another. The judicial processes and different review bodies that were created have sadly not been able to fully depict what actually transpired. Also, those truly guilty have never been identified not brought on held accountable for their actions in the courts. This resulted in the fact that many wound up indicted by the judicial system and behind bars based on purely political considerations. The Armenakan-Ramkavar Liberal Party hereby declares that the truly guilty party for the tragic events of March 1, 2008, was the irresponsible and short-sighted leadership of the opposition, and that that those responsible was the top echelon of the ruling regime that neglected the people’s protest and relied on crude force in response. Given that those truly responsible have never been called to account the Party demands the immediate release of all those still being detained on charges related to those events, to respect the memory of the innocent victims and to halt all manipulations surrounding March 1. At the same time, we demand that convincing guarantees be made that such violent confrontations never be repeated in our country that has accepted democracy as its guiding tenet.