"CC is the main guarantor of this kleptocratic regime"
During today's opposition rally, Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan cited interesting facts on the 2008 presidential elections which were released by WikiLeaks.
"The Constitutional Court is the main guarantor of this kleptocratic regime," Ter-Petrosyan said in his opening remarks.
He also referred to Article 78 of the Armenian Election Code. In particular, he said that Serzh Sargsyan, breached the article when he ran for presidency, without laying down his powers as the country's prime minister.
"If you think that the buffoonery of the article ends here, you are greatly mistaken. To erase the traces of this buffoonery and to avoid a scandal, the article was abolished in the amended Election Code adopted on May 26, 2011 or, better to say, changed by another one, according to which presidential candidates, with the exception of those who hold political positions, shall be relieved of their duties before the commission sums up the results of the election. Thus, the prime minister was left out of the list to slur over the rough breaches of the previous Election Code," the HAK leader said, adding that the authorities hope to hide their crimes by amending laws.
Levon Ter-Petrosyan also blamed the international organizations for turning a blind eye to the problem and assisting the Armenian leadership.
He went further saying that the Constitutional Court will have to annul its illegitimate decisions on the 1998, 2003 and 2008 elections.
"The next rally of the Armenian National Congress will take place on September 23," Levon Ter-Petrosyan said when completing today's rally.
"Initially we were going to hold the rally on September 21, on the day of Armenia's Independence. However, later we gave up this idea, because dozens of events are scheduled for that day. This is why we decided to hold the rally on September 23. This date is also symbolic, because though the Declaration on Armenian Independence was adopted on September 21, the independence was declared on September 23", he said.
After the speech of the HAK leader, the protesters made their way to Mashtots Avenue to hold a procession along the central streets of Yerevan and end their actions at Liberty Square.
