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REGIME HAS EXHAUSTED RESOURCES OF POLITICAL REPRESSION, SAYS OPPOSITIONIST
Tert.am
13:05 07.09.11
The ruling regime has exhausted the resources of political repression
against the opposition, a senior representative of the Armenian
National Congress (ANC) has said.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper Moskoovskiye Novosti,
Levon Zurabyan, the coordinator of the opposition alliance, addressed
the authorities yielding policies, considering their conduct a little
surprising.
"After using repressions for 3.5 years, opening gunfire on their own
people on March 1, filling the prisons with hundreds of political
rivals, dispersing rallies and banning demonstrations on Liberty
Square, it is really surprising to see the authorities' yielding
stance. But the explanation is clear ~V the regime has exhausted the
resources of its repression policies against the ANC," he said, when
asked to comment on the Armenian authorities' occasional concessions
since 2001.
Zurabyan noted that their alliance had managed to protect the
union of 18 political parties in 2008, thus becoming the first ever
political force in independent Armenia to create what he called a
shadow government.
"Despite the police bans, we re-established the right to hold
rallies, and in 2011, we had more people on the streets than ever
before. Of course, the deteriorating socio-economic situation and
the Arab countries' scenario, as well as the changing international
situation played a certain role. The authorities came to realize
that the situation in the country might go beyond control without
concessions," he added.
Tert.am
13:05 07.09.11
The ruling regime has exhausted the resources of political repression
against the opposition, a senior representative of the Armenian
National Congress (ANC) has said.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper Moskoovskiye Novosti,
Levon Zurabyan, the coordinator of the opposition alliance, addressed
the authorities yielding policies, considering their conduct a little
surprising.
"After using repressions for 3.5 years, opening gunfire on their own
people on March 1, filling the prisons with hundreds of political
rivals, dispersing rallies and banning demonstrations on Liberty
Square, it is really surprising to see the authorities' yielding
stance. But the explanation is clear ~V the regime has exhausted the
resources of its repression policies against the ANC," he said, when
asked to comment on the Armenian authorities' occasional concessions
since 2001.
Zurabyan noted that their alliance had managed to protect the
union of 18 political parties in 2008, thus becoming the first ever
political force in independent Armenia to create what he called a
shadow government.
"Despite the police bans, we re-established the right to hold
rallies, and in 2011, we had more people on the streets than ever
before. Of course, the deteriorating socio-economic situation and
the Arab countries' scenario, as well as the changing international
situation played a certain role. The authorities came to realize
that the situation in the country might go beyond control without
concessions," he added.