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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP SAYS PEOPLE IN THE DARK ABOUT APRIL 9 EVENTS
16:18 ~U 10.04.13
A secretary of the opposition Heritage party says their April 9
public gathering, expected to mark their leader's "inauguration",
was not properly understood by most of the society.
"Yesterday we planned the inauguration, which was something like a
festivity for us. And for 18:00 pm, we were planning a rally. Some
of the people decided later to simply tour Yerevan's blocked streets
together with Raffi Hovhannisian. But with the whole crowd cordoned
off, different groups remained blocked in their places. No rally
was held at 18:00 pm because the people called for a procession, but
some of them were held in a blind alley," Stepan Safaryan reporters
on Wednesday.
The politician said April 9 had not been originally intended to be a
revolution day that would mark the seizure of the presidential palace.
"Yesterday, in Liberty Square, provokers pushed through the crowd,
trying to incite people wishing reforms to resort to bloodsheds. Those
people had been evidently sent in order to give guidance to different
groups," Safaryan said.
The Heritage secretary said those steps were an attempt to suppress
the popular movement.
Asked about the objectives behind Hovhannisian's measures before
and after April 9, the politician answered, "Before April 9,
Hovhannisian would do everything possible to unite the people and
solve the problems through bilateral talks. After his hunger-strike,
he attempted to address his last call to Sargsyan, but after April 9,
we see polarization by the authorities. With two inaugurations and two
realities, we are now coming to face a new period, so the developments
are still ahead," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am
16:18 ~U 10.04.13
A secretary of the opposition Heritage party says their April 9
public gathering, expected to mark their leader's "inauguration",
was not properly understood by most of the society.
"Yesterday we planned the inauguration, which was something like a
festivity for us. And for 18:00 pm, we were planning a rally. Some
of the people decided later to simply tour Yerevan's blocked streets
together with Raffi Hovhannisian. But with the whole crowd cordoned
off, different groups remained blocked in their places. No rally
was held at 18:00 pm because the people called for a procession, but
some of them were held in a blind alley," Stepan Safaryan reporters
on Wednesday.
The politician said April 9 had not been originally intended to be a
revolution day that would mark the seizure of the presidential palace.
"Yesterday, in Liberty Square, provokers pushed through the crowd,
trying to incite people wishing reforms to resort to bloodsheds. Those
people had been evidently sent in order to give guidance to different
groups," Safaryan said.
The Heritage secretary said those steps were an attempt to suppress
the popular movement.
Asked about the objectives behind Hovhannisian's measures before
and after April 9, the politician answered, "Before April 9,
Hovhannisian would do everything possible to unite the people and
solve the problems through bilateral talks. After his hunger-strike,
he attempted to address his last call to Sargsyan, but after April 9,
we see polarization by the authorities. With two inaugurations and two
realities, we are now coming to face a new period, so the developments
are still ahead," he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am