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DIALOGUE BETWEEN HAK AND AUTHORITIES 'CLARIFIED' POLITICAL FIELD
Tert.am
02.05.11
The dialogue between the main opposition bloc and authorities has
rendered more clearness to Armenia's domestic political field, an
opposition party representative has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Armen Martirosyan of the Heritage party said:
"I definitely welcome the dialogue between the Armenian National
Congress [or the HAK] as after a lasting indefiniteness the political
field is gradually being clarified."
According to him, thanks to that those political forces that will be
active in the pre-election process are coming to the surface.
"My only pain is that for three years now the people assembled under
other slogans and demands. But it turns out now that the other issues
have been raised, there are other slogans," he explained.
It comes after the HAK leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
said at a rally on April 28 that the authorities have satisfied
two of their main demands and have dropped hints that the third one
would be satisfied in the near future. He also said that the "door
for dialogue is half-open".
The HAK demanded the authorities to lift the de facto ban on holding
rallies and assemblies on Liberty Square and a confirmation that the
1-2 March 2008 events will be properly investigated.
The third demand is the release of those citizens arrested over the
post-election unrest in March 2008 that left at least ten people
killed and dozens arrested.
At least five people remain in prisons now.
Armen Martirosyan further said that the dialogue between the HAK
and the authorities cannot be an impediment to the struggle of other
opposition forces.
"But the responsibility of those opposition forces, that do not fight
for dialogue but rather for the resolution of people's demands, for
the implementations of reforms at the earliest possible, is getting
bigger and bigger," explained Martirosyan, adding that HAK's supporters
may be disappointed with the current situation.
Earlier on Monday, Aram Bareghamyan, a HAK activist sentenced over
1-2 March 2008 events, was released.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
02.05.11
The dialogue between the main opposition bloc and authorities has
rendered more clearness to Armenia's domestic political field, an
opposition party representative has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Armen Martirosyan of the Heritage party said:
"I definitely welcome the dialogue between the Armenian National
Congress [or the HAK] as after a lasting indefiniteness the political
field is gradually being clarified."
According to him, thanks to that those political forces that will be
active in the pre-election process are coming to the surface.
"My only pain is that for three years now the people assembled under
other slogans and demands. But it turns out now that the other issues
have been raised, there are other slogans," he explained.
It comes after the HAK leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
said at a rally on April 28 that the authorities have satisfied
two of their main demands and have dropped hints that the third one
would be satisfied in the near future. He also said that the "door
for dialogue is half-open".
The HAK demanded the authorities to lift the de facto ban on holding
rallies and assemblies on Liberty Square and a confirmation that the
1-2 March 2008 events will be properly investigated.
The third demand is the release of those citizens arrested over the
post-election unrest in March 2008 that left at least ten people
killed and dozens arrested.
At least five people remain in prisons now.
Armen Martirosyan further said that the dialogue between the HAK
and the authorities cannot be an impediment to the struggle of other
opposition forces.
"But the responsibility of those opposition forces, that do not fight
for dialogue but rather for the resolution of people's demands, for
the implementations of reforms at the earliest possible, is getting
bigger and bigger," explained Martirosyan, adding that HAK's supporters
may be disappointed with the current situation.
Earlier on Monday, Aram Bareghamyan, a HAK activist sentenced over
1-2 March 2008 events, was released.
From: A. Papazian