YEREVAN. – We all witnessed the next victim of Armenia’s working system, the death of our friend in battle. Karabakh war veteran, Armenia’s opposition Sardarapat movement coordinator Jirair Sefilian stated this during a press conference on Friday, reflecting on the murder of Hrach Muradyan, who was the prefect of Proshyan village and a member of the opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party.    

“Being informed about the developments that unrolled during the local self-government elections of the years past, when Hrach was elected for a third time, we knew that all elections were held under tension. In such cases there appear rare people that have the courage to enter into this system and to maintain their independence; this is the important reason why Hrach is no longer [with us],” Sefilian said.        

But he expressed a hope that the organizers of this murder will be found in the shortest time, and noted that Muradyan’s murder must have been the doing of a professional.  

“I do not rule out that what happened with Hrach is an attempt to influence, direct our current situation. The working system is losing control,” Jirair Sefilian maintained, and did not rule out the possibility of the factor of external forces—specifically, of the countries that have interests in the region—in the murder of the village prefect.       

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the body of Hrach Muradyan, with a fatal gunshot wound, was found on Monday near the administration building of Proshyan village, in Kotayk Region of Armenia. The regional investigation department instituted criminal proceedings, and an investigation is underway.