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OPPOSITIONIST DENIES DIALOGUE WITH AUTHORITIES
Tert.am
17.05.11
Armenia's main opposition bloc won't engage in dialogue with
authorities unless all the citizens arrested over the 2008 March
events are released, an oppositionist has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Arman Musinyan, the spokesperson of the leader
of the opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (or HAK)
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, said that the logic that the HAK has accepted
authorities' calls for dialogue is surprising.
"[The HAK] has used every opportunity to state that it is ready
for dialogue with the regime given all the political prisoners are
released," said Musinyan.
Arman Musinyan's comment comes after MPs of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia said that the authorities and the opposition are
engaged in dialogue.
According to Musinyan, during three years of struggle, Armenia's
opposition, made the authorities go for compromises by allowing
rallies on Liberty Square, by opening a new probe into the 1-2 March
2008 events - two of the three main opposition demands.
The third demand is the immediate release of all those sentenced over
the March 2008 events - a condition the HAK says the authorities are
still to fulfill.
"Naturally, it will be hard for them [the authorities] to acknowledge
that they did it under public pressure," said Musinyan.
Asked to comment on an early statement by Republican MP Galust Sahakyan
who said that the "HAK returned to the political arena as it failed
to find masters abroad" Musinyan said: "We are speaking about serious
topics. No need to mention such names."
Tert.am
17.05.11
Armenia's main opposition bloc won't engage in dialogue with
authorities unless all the citizens arrested over the 2008 March
events are released, an oppositionist has said.
Speaking to Tert.am, Arman Musinyan, the spokesperson of the leader
of the opposition alliance Armenian National Congress (or HAK)
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, said that the logic that the HAK has accepted
authorities' calls for dialogue is surprising.
"[The HAK] has used every opportunity to state that it is ready
for dialogue with the regime given all the political prisoners are
released," said Musinyan.
Arman Musinyan's comment comes after MPs of the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia said that the authorities and the opposition are
engaged in dialogue.
According to Musinyan, during three years of struggle, Armenia's
opposition, made the authorities go for compromises by allowing
rallies on Liberty Square, by opening a new probe into the 1-2 March
2008 events - two of the three main opposition demands.
The third demand is the immediate release of all those sentenced over
the March 2008 events - a condition the HAK says the authorities are
still to fulfill.
"Naturally, it will be hard for them [the authorities] to acknowledge
that they did it under public pressure," said Musinyan.
Asked to comment on an early statement by Republican MP Galust Sahakyan
who said that the "HAK returned to the political arena as it failed
to find masters abroad" Musinyan said: "We are speaking about serious
topics. No need to mention such names."