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OPPOSITION BLOC CALLS FOR 'CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CAMPAIGN'
Tert.am
23.09.11
Coordinator of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress, or
HAK, has called for "civil disobedience campaign" against the ruling
authorities in Armenia.
Speaking at a really organized by the HAK on Liberty Square in central
Yerevan, Levon Zurabyan said that it is only through a pan-national
triumphant campaign that the people will re-find its sovereign right
to rule in its own country.
"Today we are calling to prepare for a civil disobedience victorious
campaign," said he.
According to Zurabyan, during their recent meetings with foreign
officials they urged on the international community to keep track on
what is happening in Armenia - but to no avail.
"Today, the international community must follow the further
developments in Armenia with far more attention. The Armenian nation
is tittering on the brink of making a toughest decision," said he.
"When the political prisoners were released, there were grounds to
think that the authorities had awakened, that they realized they can
no longer rule the country with old methods and must make concessions,"
said Zurabyan.
But now, according to him, it can be said that the authorities have
stopped the transition to democracy through a dialogue with the
opposition that was initiated thanks to the pressure of the people.
Saying that the Armenian authorities have stopped on half way, Zurabyan
noted that there is now one more political prisoner Tigran Arakelyan -
a HAK activists arrested over a scuffle with law-enforcers in August
this year.
Further, the HAK coordinator said that currently there is no big
pressure on Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan over the Karabakh
conflict and that he is feeling freer than usual and is thinking of
weakening the tension through concessions.
"The authorities are sending a clear message to us. 'If you want to
have more concessions, then get the people to the [Liberty] Square',"
said he.
Zurabyan further asked those rallied if they want to accept that
challenge, to which the HAK supporters responded with a "yes".
Tert.am
23.09.11
Coordinator of the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress, or
HAK, has called for "civil disobedience campaign" against the ruling
authorities in Armenia.
Speaking at a really organized by the HAK on Liberty Square in central
Yerevan, Levon Zurabyan said that it is only through a pan-national
triumphant campaign that the people will re-find its sovereign right
to rule in its own country.
"Today we are calling to prepare for a civil disobedience victorious
campaign," said he.
According to Zurabyan, during their recent meetings with foreign
officials they urged on the international community to keep track on
what is happening in Armenia - but to no avail.
"Today, the international community must follow the further
developments in Armenia with far more attention. The Armenian nation
is tittering on the brink of making a toughest decision," said he.
"When the political prisoners were released, there were grounds to
think that the authorities had awakened, that they realized they can
no longer rule the country with old methods and must make concessions,"
said Zurabyan.
But now, according to him, it can be said that the authorities have
stopped the transition to democracy through a dialogue with the
opposition that was initiated thanks to the pressure of the people.
Saying that the Armenian authorities have stopped on half way, Zurabyan
noted that there is now one more political prisoner Tigran Arakelyan -
a HAK activists arrested over a scuffle with law-enforcers in August
this year.
Further, the HAK coordinator said that currently there is no big
pressure on Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan over the Karabakh
conflict and that he is feeling freer than usual and is thinking of
weakening the tension through concessions.
"The authorities are sending a clear message to us. 'If you want to
have more concessions, then get the people to the [Liberty] Square',"
said he.
Zurabyan further asked those rallied if they want to accept that
challenge, to which the HAK supporters responded with a "yes".