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EACH ACTION AGAINST THE PAP LEADER WILL BE VIEWED AS POLITICAL PERSECUTION - ROBERT KOCHARYAN
18:18 / 16.02.2015
2rd.am has published an interview with Armenia's second president
Robert Kocharyan over the created domestic political situation.
- Mr President, how can you explain the situation created between the
Republican party and the PAP? How will you explain the developments
that have taken place?
- I cannot explain why the president needed it. If they thought
that by pressing Gagik Tsarukyan they will reach the elimination of
the PAP they failed. Just the opposite, the opposition has obviously
started consolidation process. Neither did the authorities managed to
discredit the PAP due to the unconvincing hypotheses they brought up.
Each action against the PAP leader will be viewed as political
persecution which is not legitimate. Taking into consideration
the degree of social tension and dissatisfaction in the country as
well as the trust of people toward the PAP and its leader, the more
optimistically the authorities try to "clean" the political field,
the stronger will the consolidation against the authorities be and the
stronger the prospect of political blows will be. It is not difficult
to predict how it all will affect our economy, the situation on the
line of contact, on the conduction of events dedicated to the Armenian
Genocide centennial.
- Mr President, it seems that all this may really blow the domestic
political situation. Do the authorities have a way out of the
situation?
- I think they still have it. They should stop and not apply active
administrative actions against the PAP leader, remain just in the
oral fight, return to the political platform with their opponents. The
intentions voiced by the ruling party at the sitting of the political
council do not fit in the limits of the Armenian Constitution and
make the PAP and the opposition in general conduct mass rallies the
consequences of which are unpredictable. The arrests and repressive
actions will lead the country to deeper and long lasting crisis. Our
country is overloaded with serious problems and the solution is
possible only in case of consolidation and restoration of trust of
people toward the future. Unfortunately, what happened became a strong
signal in the opposite direction.
http://nyut.am/archives/330422?lang=en
18:18 / 16.02.2015
2rd.am has published an interview with Armenia's second president
Robert Kocharyan over the created domestic political situation.
- Mr President, how can you explain the situation created between the
Republican party and the PAP? How will you explain the developments
that have taken place?
- I cannot explain why the president needed it. If they thought
that by pressing Gagik Tsarukyan they will reach the elimination of
the PAP they failed. Just the opposite, the opposition has obviously
started consolidation process. Neither did the authorities managed to
discredit the PAP due to the unconvincing hypotheses they brought up.
Each action against the PAP leader will be viewed as political
persecution which is not legitimate. Taking into consideration
the degree of social tension and dissatisfaction in the country as
well as the trust of people toward the PAP and its leader, the more
optimistically the authorities try to "clean" the political field,
the stronger will the consolidation against the authorities be and the
stronger the prospect of political blows will be. It is not difficult
to predict how it all will affect our economy, the situation on the
line of contact, on the conduction of events dedicated to the Armenian
Genocide centennial.
- Mr President, it seems that all this may really blow the domestic
political situation. Do the authorities have a way out of the
situation?
- I think they still have it. They should stop and not apply active
administrative actions against the PAP leader, remain just in the
oral fight, return to the political platform with their opponents. The
intentions voiced by the ruling party at the sitting of the political
council do not fit in the limits of the Armenian Constitution and
make the PAP and the opposition in general conduct mass rallies the
consequences of which are unpredictable. The arrests and repressive
actions will lead the country to deeper and long lasting crisis. Our
country is overloaded with serious problems and the solution is
possible only in case of consolidation and restoration of trust of
people toward the future. Unfortunately, what happened became a strong
signal in the opposite direction.
http://nyut.am/archives/330422?lang=en