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KOCHARIAN TO SARGSYAN: BACK OFF ON MOVES AGAINST TSARUKYAN
17:05, February 16, 2015
Commenting on the recent attack by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
on Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukyan, Armenia's
second president Robert Kocharian, in an interview with 2rd .am,
noted that he couldn't understand why Sargsyan publicly slandered
Tsarukyan and, in any event, if Sargsyan's goal was to weaken the BHK,
his attempt backfired.
"On the contrary, there are signs of the opposition uniting. Any
moves against the leader of the BHK will now be seen as a political
witch-hunt that lacks any justification," Kocharian said in the
interview.
Kocharian said that given the social tension in Armenia and the
widespread support enjoyed by Tsarukyan and his party, further attempts
by the current government to cleanse the political field will only
increase unity against the regime and prospects for civic upheavels
in the country.
"It is not hard to predict how all of this will impact on the economy,
on the situation along the line of contact, and on the implementation
of upcoming events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the
Genocide," Kocharian told 2rd.am.
Asked if he saw a way out of the current domestic political
confrontation now unfolding, Kocharian said it was incumbent on the
regime to avoid any administrative moves against Tsarukyan and to
remain within the parameters of oral debate.
"The plans broached by the ruling regime during the council session of
the Republican Party are not consistent with Armenia's constitution
and merely serve to push the BHK and the opposition to organize mass
street actions whose consequences cannot be foreseen," said Kocharian.
Armenia's second president warned that arrests and repressive measures
would lead the country, already facing serious problems, into a deep
and long-term crisis.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58553/kocharian-to-sargsyan-back-off-on-moves-against-tsarukyan.html
17:05, February 16, 2015
Commenting on the recent attack by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
on Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukyan, Armenia's
second president Robert Kocharian, in an interview with 2rd .am,
noted that he couldn't understand why Sargsyan publicly slandered
Tsarukyan and, in any event, if Sargsyan's goal was to weaken the BHK,
his attempt backfired.
"On the contrary, there are signs of the opposition uniting. Any
moves against the leader of the BHK will now be seen as a political
witch-hunt that lacks any justification," Kocharian said in the
interview.
Kocharian said that given the social tension in Armenia and the
widespread support enjoyed by Tsarukyan and his party, further attempts
by the current government to cleanse the political field will only
increase unity against the regime and prospects for civic upheavels
in the country.
"It is not hard to predict how all of this will impact on the economy,
on the situation along the line of contact, and on the implementation
of upcoming events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the
Genocide," Kocharian told 2rd.am.
Asked if he saw a way out of the current domestic political
confrontation now unfolding, Kocharian said it was incumbent on the
regime to avoid any administrative moves against Tsarukyan and to
remain within the parameters of oral debate.
"The plans broached by the ruling regime during the council session of
the Republican Party are not consistent with Armenia's constitution
and merely serve to push the BHK and the opposition to organize mass
street actions whose consequences cannot be foreseen," said Kocharian.
Armenia's second president warned that arrests and repressive measures
would lead the country, already facing serious problems, into a deep
and long-term crisis.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/58553/kocharian-to-sargsyan-back-off-on-moves-against-tsarukyan.html