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CRIMES FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER

Politics

"Alternative" Initiative has released an announcement which says, “The Acting authorities of the Republic of Armenia came to power in 1998 via power seizure. Then they implemented the Parliament carnage of October 27, 1999 and finally ended their state revolution by the so-called “Constitutional Referendum” held on November 27, 2005. Thus, they eliminated the last guarantees for the protection of political routine, legality, democracy and independent statehood.

The document represented as an “amended version” does not comply with the well-known norms of human rights and democracy: it ensures unlimited powers of the President of the Republic, provides mechanisms for the current authorities’ reproduction, violates the principle of property immunity and turns the citizens to ignored persons subjected to exploitation.

On the other hand, taking into consideration the multiple contradictions, incompliances, linguistic and legal drawbacks of the document, we can state that the document under question is but a total disgrace for the Armenian political and legal reality.

The Constitutional Referendum is a brilliant evidence of the citizens’ vote of confidence. The acting authorities at the head of President Robert Kocharyan committed a state crime on November 27, 2005, fabricating the results of the referendum which was boycotted nation-wide. They realized the fabrications with open cynicism and insolence.

unfortunately, the observers’ mission and international organizations didn’t stop Robert Kocharyan either. Moreover, the representatives of many countries and organizations became direct participants of the above-mentioned crime.

The present authorities must also bear responsibility for another crime - the destruction of the Constitution which is the fundamental basis of the country’s statehood.

Mr. Kocharyan must be punished by the very authorities appointed by him, which gained the public’s confidence. Their number one task must be the restoration of the Constitution and constitutional order, which are the legal bases for the independent statehood”.