"RALLY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF A FINAL PHASE"
Support A1+!“The opposition rally due on August 1 will mark the beginning of an active and final phase,” Arman Musinian, Spokesman for Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrossian said in the “Tesaket” club on July 25.
The rally will be held though it wasn’t sanctioned by the City Hall, he added.
“We want to show that people are not going to surrender. They will double their efforts to make the authorities make political decisions. By saying a political decision first of all we mean conduct of an extraordinary election as we see no other way out of this political crisis.”
Asked whether a new election will not heighten the existing political tension, Musinian said, “There are two ways out of the current crisis. The first one is to get rid of these bandits through a struggle and the second one is to offer Serzh Sarkissian to introduce constitutional amendments. We should exclude hereditary power.”
“We stick to our principles. A dialogue is ruled out while our friends are jailed and kept in cells,” Musinian said with regard to a dialogue with the authorities.
“The press service of the president distorted the words of the PACE President Luis Maria de Puig as if the latter had advised the opposition to accept the outcome of the presidential election. There is no recommendation to accept the results of the election even in the PACE resolutions,” noted Arman Musinian. The reporters asked him what Puig had said in the meeting with Levon Ter-Petrossian. Musinian declined to comment on Puig’s words, noting that the PACE president will issue a news release if he considers it important
“The Armenian National Congress proposed by Levon Ter-Petrossian is an effort to consolidate the forces which rose against kleptocracy,” said Arman Musinian after knowing the stance of the Zharangutiun Party towards the ANC.
Note, the party said it will join the ANC after it gets acquainted with its programmes and terms of partnership.
The ANC is aimed at uniting all forces based on general approaches. We respect the decision made by the Zharangutiun as well as by other parties.
