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MOBILIZING THE EFFORTS
Nayira Khachatryan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on July 09, 2008
Armenia
Yesterday ARMAN MOUSINYAN, L. Ter-Petrosyan's Press Secretary, was
the guest-speaker of "Hayeli" (mirror) club.
The radical opposition is going to devote the current month to the
preparations for the republican-wide demonstration which is going
to be held on August 1. As announced by the activist, "We are now
doing all our best to prepare for the demonstration, and are going
to organize a sit-in protest in this intermediate period. There are
a lot of people desiring to participate in the event, and some people
are already doing so. Thus, the political life will be in full swing,
and we will do our utmost to liven up and mobilize society and arrange
the August 1 demonstration in a proper manner. "
The activists of the Armenian pan-National Movement are convinced that
they are the only pro-opposition force on the political arena. They do
not obviously like the idea of the third pro-opposition pole which
is being sketched on the arena and has already entered the stage
of development.
"There is one opposition in Armenia. Some people are making attempts to
find another opposition. But Armenia has one opposition which is headed
by L. Ter-Petrosyan." And the final goal of the Ter-Petrosyan-led
opposition, as seen from the words of A. Mousinyan, is to hold
extraordinary elections, regardless all the circumstances.
The revolutionaries won't accept the election results. By the
way, according to the Spokesman of Mr. Ter-Petrosyan, compliance
with the clauses of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 is a constraint
similar to inquisition, "The Council of Europe is resorting to
inquisition. No one in the world can force either you or me to take
any decision. The decision of the Constitutional Court is binding
upon the state-government bodies only."
Two senior officials of the Council of Europe are visiting Armenia next
week, and the leaders of the movement are not going to conceal their
dissatisfaction with the activities of the European structures. "We
are going to represent the country's current situation, as well
as our approaches and perhaps, our criticism of the conduct of the
European structures."
The speaker didn't rule out the possibility of L. Ter-Petrosyan's
assistance in the activities of the interim committee investigating
the March 1 events, "If L. Ter-Petrosyan can somehow assist in the
detection of all the circumstances of the case, I don't think there
will be any problem. The detection of the March 1attrocities is
one of our principal demands. All those who are culpable within the
frameworks of this case should be strictly punished, and if we can
somehow make our contribution to the process, why shouldn't we?"
However, the ideas of the neo-Bolsheviks on the formation of
such committee remained unclear. "We have expressed the main
principle for setting up such committee: there should either be
an equal representation by the authorities and the opposition or
1/3 representation by the representatives of L. Ter-Petrosyan, the
authorities and the international community. As to any other mutual
agreements, they will simply be a pretext for not solving problems,
making detections and conducting investigations."
Touching upon the plans for future, the speaker promised that the
struggle would become tougher in future. "We will thirice inctrease
the rhetoric of our political struggle and make it tougher."
With regard to the participation in the upcoming elections to the
local self-government bodies, A. Mousinyan said, "If 'Heritage' party
makes a political decision and nominates candidates for the local-self
government bodies, the pan-national movement will assist them. Being
a unit of consolidated political forces, it should not only receive
but also provide assistance. That's to say, the political cooperation
should be mutual."
Nayira Khachatryan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
Published on July 09, 2008
Armenia
Yesterday ARMAN MOUSINYAN, L. Ter-Petrosyan's Press Secretary, was
the guest-speaker of "Hayeli" (mirror) club.
The radical opposition is going to devote the current month to the
preparations for the republican-wide demonstration which is going
to be held on August 1. As announced by the activist, "We are now
doing all our best to prepare for the demonstration, and are going
to organize a sit-in protest in this intermediate period. There are
a lot of people desiring to participate in the event, and some people
are already doing so. Thus, the political life will be in full swing,
and we will do our utmost to liven up and mobilize society and arrange
the August 1 demonstration in a proper manner. "
The activists of the Armenian pan-National Movement are convinced that
they are the only pro-opposition force on the political arena. They do
not obviously like the idea of the third pro-opposition pole which
is being sketched on the arena and has already entered the stage
of development.
"There is one opposition in Armenia. Some people are making attempts to
find another opposition. But Armenia has one opposition which is headed
by L. Ter-Petrosyan." And the final goal of the Ter-Petrosyan-led
opposition, as seen from the words of A. Mousinyan, is to hold
extraordinary elections, regardless all the circumstances.
The revolutionaries won't accept the election results. By the
way, according to the Spokesman of Mr. Ter-Petrosyan, compliance
with the clauses of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 is a constraint
similar to inquisition, "The Council of Europe is resorting to
inquisition. No one in the world can force either you or me to take
any decision. The decision of the Constitutional Court is binding
upon the state-government bodies only."
Two senior officials of the Council of Europe are visiting Armenia next
week, and the leaders of the movement are not going to conceal their
dissatisfaction with the activities of the European structures. "We
are going to represent the country's current situation, as well
as our approaches and perhaps, our criticism of the conduct of the
European structures."
The speaker didn't rule out the possibility of L. Ter-Petrosyan's
assistance in the activities of the interim committee investigating
the March 1 events, "If L. Ter-Petrosyan can somehow assist in the
detection of all the circumstances of the case, I don't think there
will be any problem. The detection of the March 1attrocities is
one of our principal demands. All those who are culpable within the
frameworks of this case should be strictly punished, and if we can
somehow make our contribution to the process, why shouldn't we?"
However, the ideas of the neo-Bolsheviks on the formation of
such committee remained unclear. "We have expressed the main
principle for setting up such committee: there should either be
an equal representation by the authorities and the opposition or
1/3 representation by the representatives of L. Ter-Petrosyan, the
authorities and the international community. As to any other mutual
agreements, they will simply be a pretext for not solving problems,
making detections and conducting investigations."
Touching upon the plans for future, the speaker promised that the
struggle would become tougher in future. "We will thirice inctrease
the rhetoric of our political struggle and make it tougher."
With regard to the participation in the upcoming elections to the
local self-government bodies, A. Mousinyan said, "If 'Heritage' party
makes a political decision and nominates candidates for the local-self
government bodies, the pan-national movement will assist them. Being
a unit of consolidated political forces, it should not only receive
but also provide assistance. That's to say, the political cooperation
should be mutual."