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“SERZH SARKISSIAN IS KOCHARIAN'S MANAGER”

Politics

“If Serzh Sarkissian does not meet the demands posed by the opposition at a recent rally the opposition will raise the issue of Sarkissian’s resignation during an August 1 rally,” member of the political board of the Hanrapetutiun (Republic) Party, Suren Sureniants, told a press conference on July 18.

Suren Sureniants was much exhausted today as he had spent the whole night in Northern Avenue with the sit-down strikers.

“The authorities have fourteen days to meet our demands. We have already given them many chances to better but they sit idle. Armenia has not got new leadership. Serzh Sarkissian has simply assumed the post of a manager of Kocharian’s vicious system,” said Sureniants.

During the hundred days of his office Serzh Sarkissian has taken no positive step. Just on the contrary, he has deepened the social gap and suffered an unprecedented and resounding defeat in view of the Karabakh conflict resolution.

Sarkissian has only attempted to restore the Armenian-Turkish relations although the idea has already devalued.

“I would like Sarkissian to restore the Armenian-Turkish relations in a dignified way on the basis of the principle proposed by the opposition and focusing on the prospect of bilateral relations.”

As of Kocharian’s recent statement during which he enumerated the steps he would take if he were a president, Sureniants said he “the statement sounded to be made by a vindictive and provincial governor.

Kocharian was given ten years to jail Ter-Petrossian. But he didn’t do it as he had no incontrovertible evidence. Finally, Kocharian could have imprisoned Ter-Petrossian on March 1 as he was Armenia’s President then. Kocharian didn’t forgive Ashot Bleyan, Mushegh Saghatelian and many others. Why should he forgive Ter-Petrossian? Let Kocharian not give lessons of kindness. He simply tries to conceal his misdeeds with his grandiloquent statements.

The current antagonistic atmosphere reigning in the country is resulted by Kocharian’s wily tactics. He dug trenches in his country dividing people into two groups-partisans and non-partisans. Obviously, Kocharian makes a statement after each opposition rally. He fears lest Serzh Sarkissian should meet the opposition’s demands. Kocharian has known Sarkissian for 20-25 years and he probably knows more about him. Every time he tries to blackmail Sarkissian. The latter had better draw conclusions from this,” said Sureniants.

Sureniants thinks Sarkissian should be concerned about Kocharian's recent statement as Kocharian hinted at Sarkissian's weakness. “The opposition doesn't need to worry about Kocharian's statement.”