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    IS EUROPE BEING COURTEOUS?

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    08:27 pm | March 31, 2009

    Politics

    The members of the Monitoring Committee are not dumb. I know because
    I have worked with them for five years. I know their European ethics
    and that their appraisal is simply a formality. They know very well
    what is going on in Armenia," said today leader of the Armenian
    Liberal Party, former head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE
    Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.

    According to Head of the RA Delegation to the PACE David Harutyunyan,
    the Monitoring Committee praised the legislative reforms undertaken
    in Armenia and attached importance to the process of law enforcement.

    Hovhannes Hovhannisyan had this to say to that:

    "Even the Russians are starting to realize that things can't go
    on like this for a long time. These authorities have neither the
    political resources to keep power nor the political will to start a
    dialogue with the opposition."

    According to him, the May 31 elections are a great chance and not
    using that taking advantage of the elections as a chance for the
    government-opposition dialogue "would mean that the people don't feel
    a sense of responsibility towards the state and the nation."

    Talking about the current economic crisis, Hovhannisyan remarked
    that the authorities want to put the burden of that strong word on
    their shoulders.

    "All countries are trying to dissolve the economic and recession
    pressures, change the vector. These authorities are trying to take
    it on themselves. This is absurd and it is the mentality of a coward."

    Hovhannisyan considered Levon Ter-Petrosyan's nomination as a rather
    grave political step on the part of the First President and the
    Armenian National Congress.

    "This goes to show Levon Ter-Petrosyan's attitude towards society. He
    is also ready to take the path that leads to restoration of
    constitutional order," said member of the Armenian National Congress,
    leader of the Armenian Liberal Party Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.
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