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    Armenian oppositionist blames second, third presidents for March 1 events

    TERT.AM
    14:50 =95 01.03.13

    The opposition Democratic Fatherland party's chief considers Armenia's
    second and third presidents responsible for the March 1, 2008
    post-electoral turmoil that resulted in 10 deaths in capital Yerevan.

    At a news conference on Friday, Petros Makeyan said that second
    President Robert Kocharyan opened the tragic chapter, with Serzh
    Sargsyan being aware of everything.

    As for the current post-electoral developments, Makeyan said they give
    rise to the question as to whether such a scenario is possible now,
    but he ruled out such a possibility, considering the new political
    setting.

    `The society has changed; so has the international organizations'
    attitude because they are aware that they will not resort to a second
    [violence] without digesting the first,' he explained.

    Makeyan noted that the crowd supporting the Heritage party's leader,
    Raffi Hovhannisian, does so not because it finds the politician an
    alternative, but rather because it is sick and tired of the same
    political figures.

    `They elected Raffi. We hail the society's rebellion; we are with the
    people, participating in the processes. But the people remain there on
    the square as long as they see something is being done,' he said,
    adding that the opposition has to accomplish its work until Serzh
    Sargsyan's inauguration ceremony due on April 9.

    He then called upon both the authorities and the opposition to draw
    conclusions of the current developments.

    `A mutual concession is the real way out, but that has to meet its
    real purpose, instead of being just a show. The opposition must now
    set itself a clear-cut timeline; otherwise the same cycle will recur.
    But in case the opposition seeks for offices [in government], that
    will yield no result,' he said, stressing the importance of dissolving
    the parliament and holding a new election.

    Makeyan said concession now is the only option left to the
    authorities. `The authorities have not given a final answer.
    Bargaining is now under way, but there is no other option,' he said.




    From: A. Papazian
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