YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The working group of the RA National Assembly's Ad Hoc Committee on the Inquiry into the March 1-2 Events in Yerevan and their Reasons presented on September 9 the results of the checks it had conducted the day before at the material storehouses of the Rear Service of the RA Ministry of Defense. The purpose of the group was to check the information indicated in the August 24 report of former members of the Fact-Finding Group Andranik Kocharian and Seda Sasarian to the effect that on March 1, 2008, military uniformes were given from the storehouse to 9 high-ranking officials, including big businessmen. To recap, after providing this information to the Fact-Finding Group, the Armenian National Congress had accused the authorities of forming "armed groupings not envisaged by law" with the aim of organizing provocations on March 1. Head of the working group, Chairman of the United Labor Party Gurgen Arsenian said at the sitting that during 4 hours the group was examining the records regarding the distribution of material values made in the record books of the material storehouse of the Rear Service of the RA Defense Ministry not only on March 1, but also in the preceding and following days, as well as the respective invoices. As a result, the information presented by the opposition was not confirmed. "We, the working group, take the responsibility for stating that the Rear Service of the Ministry of Defense had no relation to March 1 events," G. Arsenian said.

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