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    AUTHORITIES CANCEL OPPOSITION RALLY OVER SECURITY REASONS

    Interfax News Agency
    Russia & CIS
    March 12 2008
    Russia

    Armenian President Robert Kocharian has described as "provocative"
    Levon Ter-Petrosian's announcement that a rally will be held
    immediately after the state of emergency is lifted.

    "If we give the go-ahead to a rally, people who participated in the
    unrest and clashed with police and representatives of law enforcement
    agencies will gather in one spot. I cannot imagine how they will
    deal with each other. Repeating the same steps again would be a
    provocation," the president told journalists on Wednesday.

    Rallies should be avoided for some time, a pause is needed and the
    level of polarization in society should be reduced, he said.

    "Maybe, some will welcome clashes and new victims, as this would
    provide a pretext for publications in foreign newspapers. But the
    authorities will not allow this, the more so since Article 43 of the
    Constitution gives us all legal grounds for that. I would ask citizens
    to refrain from joining rallies," Kocharian said.

    Earlier, Armenia's first President Ter-Petrosian claimed that the
    authorities had denied him permission to stage a rally on Freedom
    Square on March 21 for security reasons.

    Ter-Petrosian also said that the opposition was denied permission to
    rally in Echmiadzin.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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