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TER-PETROSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION STAFF ACCUSED THE ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES OF "PREVOCATIONAL AND ILLEGAL STEPS"
Mediamax
January 30, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The pre-election staff of the Armenian presidential
candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian made a statement, in which it accused
the authorities of "prevocational and illegal steps".
The statement reads that during the rally of Ter-Petrosian, which
took place on January 27 in Talin, a provocation was organize with
the direct participation of the authorities", as a result of which
the activists of the local pre-election headquarter were called to
the local department of the Police, which "paralyzed the work of
the headquarter".
The statement reads that on January 28 in Kapan, the policemen
"with the use of force closed the local pre-election headquarter of
Ter-Petrosian, in fact paralyzing its activity".
The staff of the presidential candidate stated that on the nights
of January 27 and 28, the signboards of the headquarters of Levon
Ter-Petrosian were torn in Vanadzor town and the Yerevan Arabkir
community.
The statement notes that on January 29, "by illegal means" the cars,
participating in the "spontaneous" pre-election car-rally of Levon
Ter-Petrosian, were taken to a penal ground.
"These actions aim at stopping the victorious march of Levon
Ter-Petrosian and take the pre-election situation out of control. We
are warning the Armenian authorities that they will be the ones to
bear responsibility for the unexpected consequences of such actions",
the statement reads.
Meanwhile, as the press service of the Armenian Police stated the day
before, on January 28, a report of the road Police was sent to the
Yerevan Department of the Police, according to which at the crossroad
of Baghramian Avenue and Demirchian street, the 150-200 drivers,
accompanying Levon Ter-Petrosian, not only ignored the requirements of
the road Police to stop, but, threatening that they would use force,
continued the movement, entering the median strip and creating threat
for the life of not only the policemen, but other citizens as well.
Mediamax
January 30, 2008
Yerevan /Mediamax/. The pre-election staff of the Armenian presidential
candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian made a statement, in which it accused
the authorities of "prevocational and illegal steps".
The statement reads that during the rally of Ter-Petrosian, which
took place on January 27 in Talin, a provocation was organize with
the direct participation of the authorities", as a result of which
the activists of the local pre-election headquarter were called to
the local department of the Police, which "paralyzed the work of
the headquarter".
The statement reads that on January 28 in Kapan, the policemen
"with the use of force closed the local pre-election headquarter of
Ter-Petrosian, in fact paralyzing its activity".
The staff of the presidential candidate stated that on the nights
of January 27 and 28, the signboards of the headquarters of Levon
Ter-Petrosian were torn in Vanadzor town and the Yerevan Arabkir
community.
The statement notes that on January 29, "by illegal means" the cars,
participating in the "spontaneous" pre-election car-rally of Levon
Ter-Petrosian, were taken to a penal ground.
"These actions aim at stopping the victorious march of Levon
Ter-Petrosian and take the pre-election situation out of control. We
are warning the Armenian authorities that they will be the ones to
bear responsibility for the unexpected consequences of such actions",
the statement reads.
Meanwhile, as the press service of the Armenian Police stated the day
before, on January 28, a report of the road Police was sent to the
Yerevan Department of the Police, according to which at the crossroad
of Baghramian Avenue and Demirchian street, the 150-200 drivers,
accompanying Levon Ter-Petrosian, not only ignored the requirements of
the road Police to stop, but, threatening that they would use force,
continued the movement, entering the median strip and creating threat
for the life of not only the policemen, but other citizens as well.