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    FIRST MEETING OF 'CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE' MOVEMENT HELD
    By Astghik Bedevian

    Radio Liberty, Czech Rep.
    Nov 23 2006

    The first meeting of the so-called 'Civil Disobedience' movement
    was held in Yerevan on Thursday, with its participants calling for
    "removing the current regime and holding free and democratic early
    elections."

    Former residents of Yerevan's North Avenue and Buzand street and
    Karabakh war veterans responded to the call of Armenia's former
    foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian to join the movement.

    Representatives of the National-Democratic Union (AZhM) and the
    "Homeland and Honor" party also attended the meeting.

    Chairman of the "Brotherhood of Liberation Struggle" public
    organization Arkady Karapetian called for action. "Our guys have no
    problem... We call for a force capable of leading the nation to come
    and take the leadership role. If there is no, we'll put our forces
    together to do something," he said.

    "We are nothing without you, but you should know that all of our guys
    are standing next to you," said Vladimir Arakelian, a field commander
    of the Metsn Tigran volunteer group.

    Academician Rafael Ghazarian was among those who came to the meeting.

    "We are being led to destruction," Ghazarian said in his speech. "The
    people see what the leaders are doing. The people see that they
    have no right. They can be evicted from their homes and get justice
    nowhere. They will see violence, beatings, plunder. People begin to
    get spoiled as well... There is no justice."

    According to Ghazarian, people are also disappointed with the
    opposition, as "they [oppositionists] have failed to overcome the
    personal."

    "Only forward, only together! We urge you," Ghazarian said.

    Ex-foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian, who is one of the initiators
    of the movement, called upon those present, "all those who cannot
    tolerate this arbitrariness" to join the movement, which will stage its
    next rally near the Constitutional Court building on November 27, on
    the occasion of the first anniversary of the Constitutional Referendum.
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