The Chairman of the Investigative Committee Argishti Kyaramyan says he disagrees with opinions claiming that the criminal investigations regarding the 44-Day War are protracting.
“While speaking about the protraction of the proceedings we must first of all address two factors, the volume of the proceedings and the quality of investigations of the proceedings,” Kyaramyan said in an interview with Public Television. He said that a massive circle is under detailed investigation in order to reveal “all issues of interest to the public and to the investigation.”
“To put it into perspective, I have to mention that we are investigating from the level of division up to the company, from army corps up to platoon. This multi-layered probe is due to the fact that our goal is to fully clarify and reveal the reasons of our defeat in the war, and the persons whose actions led to this defeat,” Kyaramyan said.
Over 17,000 people have been questioned under the criminal cases, which are divided into two parts – criminal cases related to officers and criminal cases related to privates.
“The fall of Shushi is being investigated separately. The case on the well-known October 7-8 operation is also being investigated separately. We have a criminal case related to the pre-war situation, which is a very important case. We have a criminal case regarding the organization of conscription during and before the war. All these criminal cases contain hundreds and sometimes even thousands of episodes,” Kyaramyan said.
Everything is being checked and re-checked several times, he added.
There are more than 70 officers who are defendants facing charges in the criminal cases. “As far as I know there are no court verdicts [so far],” Kyaramyan said.
