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    STATE OF EMERGENCY MUST BE LIFTED, THOSE ARRESTED FREED - TER-PETROSIAN

    Interfax News Agency
    Russia & CIS
    March 5, 2008
    Russia

    Armenia's former president Levon Ter- Petrosian, who was defeated in
    the February 19 presidential election, has said the state of emergency
    in Yerevan should be lifted, those arrested should be freed and an
    international investigation launched into the unrest in city.

    "Many of my supporters were arrested. They are important witnesses
    who can provide valuable information about election irregularities,"
    Ter-Petrosian told the Constitutional Court on Wednesday.

    The Constitutional Court was hearing Ter-Petrosian's request for the
    annulment of the official election returns.

    "Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, as a presidential candidate, has
    continued to perform his government duties, which is another violation
    of the constitution," he said.

    Ter-Petrosian also said that, "the state of emergency must be lifted,
    all those arrested must be freed, the situation must be covered evenly
    by all mass media, an international probe must be launched into the
    unrest in Yerevan and a dialogue started between the opposition and
    the government."

    "Otherwise, the Constitutional Court's rulings will lack legitimacy.

    I do not know how this fact will be taken by the people and by the
    international public," he said.
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