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    DIALOGUE BETWEEN HAK AND AUTHORITIES 'CLARIFIED' POLITICAL FIELD

    Tert.am
    02.05.11

    The dialogue between the main opposition bloc and authorities has
    rendered more clearness to Armenia's domestic political field, an
    opposition party representative has said.

    Speaking to Tert.am, Armen Martirosyan of the Heritage party said:
    "I definitely welcome the dialogue between the Armenian National
    Congress [or the HAK] as after a lasting indefiniteness the political
    field is gradually being clarified."

    According to him, thanks to that those political forces that will be
    active in the pre-election process are coming to the surface.

    "My only pain is that for three years now the people assembled under
    other slogans and demands. But it turns out now that the other issues
    have been raised, there are other slogans," he explained.

    It comes after the HAK leader and former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
    said at a rally on April 28 that the authorities have satisfied
    two of their main demands and have dropped hints that the third one
    would be satisfied in the near future. He also said that the "door
    for dialogue is half-open".

    The HAK demanded the authorities to lift the de facto ban on holding
    rallies and assemblies on Liberty Square and a confirmation that the
    1-2 March 2008 events will be properly investigated.

    The third demand is the release of those citizens arrested over the
    post-election unrest in March 2008 that left at least ten people
    killed and dozens arrested.

    At least five people remain in prisons now.

    Armen Martirosyan further said that the dialogue between the HAK
    and the authorities cannot be an impediment to the struggle of other
    opposition forces.

    "But the responsibility of those opposition forces, that do not fight
    for dialogue but rather for the resolution of people's demands, for
    the implementations of reforms at the earliest possible, is getting
    bigger and bigger," explained Martirosyan, adding that HAK's supporters
    may be disappointed with the current situation.

    Earlier on Monday, Aram Bareghamyan, a HAK activist sentenced over
    1-2 March 2008 events, was released.




    From: A. Papazian
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