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PERSECUTION AGAINST OSKANIAN STARTED AFTER PAP REFUSED TO JOIN COALITION, ANALYST SAYS
tert.am
03.10.12
Persecution against Armenia's former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian
started after Prosperous Armenia party decided against forming
coalition with the ruling Republican party, political analyst Yervand
Bozoyan told the reporters on Wednesday.
"Such absurdity was not registered in Armenia for a long time. It is a
political issue and should not be discussed from legal point of view,"
he said.
The political analyst stressed that the authorities are trying to
withdraw Oskanian from the Prosperous Armenia party, but fail to do
it. Bozoyan said the time proves PAP being opposition party, unlike
claims of many.
"Oskanian's fate depends on the behavior of the people. If we stay
passive, Oskanian may even be gunned down. If they have managed to
fabricate a case against Oskanian, they can do it with each of us,"
Bozoyan claimed.
The analyst expressed conviction that if persecutions against Oskanian
continue, the latter's rating will go up.
"If the authorities want to make a presidential candidate of him,
I would say that Oskanian will have such a rating that he will bring
him big success," the expert said.
To show that what happens is not a persecution against Oskanian,
the authorities may do the same against the Republican party members
which they have already started.
"It is a shame to accuse a minister who served 10 years of money
laundering. Instead of making use of the disgraceful fact of
glorification of Azerbaijani murderer Safarov, we showed that we are
a sloppy state," Bozoyan said.
From: A. Papazian
tert.am
03.10.12
Persecution against Armenia's former foreign minister Vartan Oskanian
started after Prosperous Armenia party decided against forming
coalition with the ruling Republican party, political analyst Yervand
Bozoyan told the reporters on Wednesday.
"Such absurdity was not registered in Armenia for a long time. It is a
political issue and should not be discussed from legal point of view,"
he said.
The political analyst stressed that the authorities are trying to
withdraw Oskanian from the Prosperous Armenia party, but fail to do
it. Bozoyan said the time proves PAP being opposition party, unlike
claims of many.
"Oskanian's fate depends on the behavior of the people. If we stay
passive, Oskanian may even be gunned down. If they have managed to
fabricate a case against Oskanian, they can do it with each of us,"
Bozoyan claimed.
The analyst expressed conviction that if persecutions against Oskanian
continue, the latter's rating will go up.
"If the authorities want to make a presidential candidate of him,
I would say that Oskanian will have such a rating that he will bring
him big success," the expert said.
To show that what happens is not a persecution against Oskanian,
the authorities may do the same against the Republican party members
which they have already started.
"It is a shame to accuse a minister who served 10 years of money
laundering. Instead of making use of the disgraceful fact of
glorification of Azerbaijani murderer Safarov, we showed that we are
a sloppy state," Bozoyan said.
From: A. Papazian