Families Affected By March 1 Events Should Be Paid Material Damage -

[Andres-Papazian]

FAMILIES AFFECTED BY MARCH 1 EVENTS SHOULD BE PAID MATERIAL DAMAGE - EX-PRESIDENT

Tert.am
20:22 01.03.11

Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan who attended the
opposition's rally on Tuesday said he would not make a speech as
usual. Instead, he proposed delivering a statement.

Ter-Petrosyan, who is currently the leader of the opposition Armenian
National Congress, stressed the importance of adopting the statement,
considering certain negative phenomena in the country. He particularly
referred to the "disputed presidential and parliamentary elections
in Armenia, and the authorities' restrictions on human rights and
freedoms."

Addressing the current situation in the country, Ter-Petrosyan called
for releasing the political prisoners by March 15 (i.e. before the
Council of Europe co-rapporters' visit to Armenia). He also stressed
the importance of setting up an independent international committee
studying the circumstances of the March 1, 2008 political disorders
or re-establishing the fact-finding group with the involvement of
international experts.

He further voiced the opposition's demand to pay damage to the
families affected by the March 1 tragic developments. Particularly,
the ANC leader said, the families of the deceased will get $1 million
and the families of the injured will be paid $100,000 in compensation
for the losses suffered.

The protesters hailed the ex-president's statement.

At the end, Ter-Petrosyan informed the protesters that ANC will
hold its next place on March 17. He expressed believe that the next
gathering expressed that it would attract a much bigger crowd.

The rally was followed by a procession. The crowd, accompanied by
the ANC leaders, headed towards the Myasnikyan's Statue.




From: A. Papazian