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TROIKA: ACTION PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED SOON
POLITICS | 11.12.14 | 10:22
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/59240/armenia_opposition_troika_action_rally_levon_zurab yan
The three parliamentary minority parties known as Troika have promised
to publicize the schedule of their next actions soon as they rallied
thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Levon Zurabyan, the leader of the parliamentary faction of the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), read out the joint
statement of the group that also includes the Prosperous Armenia Party
(PAP) and Heritage, during a gathering held to mark International
Human Rights Day.
Zurabyan emphasized that the plan of further joint actions would be
aimed at achieving a "regime change" in Armenia.
"The popular movement will soon present a program of joint actions,
including mass public gatherings, aimed at expediting a complete
regime change in Armenia and establishing a government of the people
through pre-term free and fair elections," he said in a speech in
Liberty Square.
The Troika parties held two well-attended rallies in Yerevan in
October during which they appeared to have agreed on a joint push
for a power change. The absence of visible action in the weeks that
followed against the backdrop of alleged differences among the three
parties led some observers to conclude that another wave of opposition
protests often described as "hot autumn" is over.
The ANC and PAP leaders, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, did
not attend Wednesday's rally and subsequent march through the central
streets of Yerevan. Only Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian was
present at the gatherings.
Hovannisian told reporters he is still awaiting Ter-Petrosyan's and
Tsarukyan's responses to his calls for forming a "complete agenda".
Representatives of the ruling Republican Party are skeptical about
the current opposition campaign. They have ruled out early elections,
advising that the minority parties wait until the next general polls
to try to achieve the "power change" through the ballot box.
POLITICS | 11.12.14 | 10:22
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/59240/armenia_opposition_troika_action_rally_levon_zurab yan
The three parliamentary minority parties known as Troika have promised
to publicize the schedule of their next actions soon as they rallied
thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Levon Zurabyan, the leader of the parliamentary faction of the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), read out the joint
statement of the group that also includes the Prosperous Armenia Party
(PAP) and Heritage, during a gathering held to mark International
Human Rights Day.
Zurabyan emphasized that the plan of further joint actions would be
aimed at achieving a "regime change" in Armenia.
"The popular movement will soon present a program of joint actions,
including mass public gatherings, aimed at expediting a complete
regime change in Armenia and establishing a government of the people
through pre-term free and fair elections," he said in a speech in
Liberty Square.
The Troika parties held two well-attended rallies in Yerevan in
October during which they appeared to have agreed on a joint push
for a power change. The absence of visible action in the weeks that
followed against the backdrop of alleged differences among the three
parties led some observers to conclude that another wave of opposition
protests often described as "hot autumn" is over.
The ANC and PAP leaders, Levon Ter-Petrosyan and Gagik Tsarukyan, did
not attend Wednesday's rally and subsequent march through the central
streets of Yerevan. Only Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian was
present at the gatherings.
Hovannisian told reporters he is still awaiting Ter-Petrosyan's and
Tsarukyan's responses to his calls for forming a "complete agenda".
Representatives of the ruling Republican Party are skeptical about
the current opposition campaign. They have ruled out early elections,
advising that the minority parties wait until the next general polls
to try to achieve the "power change" through the ballot box.