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    OPPOSITION BLOC CLAIMS MOUNTING GOVERNMENT INFIGHTING
    Anush Martirosian

    http://www.armenialiberty.org/content /article/2042549.html
    14.05.2010

    The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Friday again
    predicted the impending downfall of Armenia's current leadership,
    saying that it is increasingly riven by infighting and facing mounting
    international pressure over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

    "Confrontations within the regime are deepening and the main reason for
    that is that the regime has found itself in a desperate situation,"
    claimed Levon Zurabian, the HAK's central office coordinator. "That
    is, many within the regime have lost their faith in [President] Serzh
    Sarkisian's ability to ensure the security of their livelihoods and
    government continuity."

    Speaking at a news conference, Zurabian said the Sarkisian
    administration has come under "unprecedented" pressure from
    international mediators to accept a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict unfavorable for the Armenian side. "We not only don't exclude
    but consider very likely force-majeure developments both inside the
    country and on the external front," he said.

    The claims were in tune recent statements made by the top leader of
    the opposition alliance, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian.

    Addressing an HAK rally in Yerevan last month, Ter-Petrosian said
    Sarkisian now has to either accept the proposed Karabakh settlement
    and face a domestic backlash or to put himself at odds with the
    international community.

    "The paradox of the situation is that in both cases Serzh Sarkisian
    will undoubtedly lose power," Ter-Petrosian said, urging the president
    to resign and call snap national elections.

    Representatives of Sarkisian's Republican Party of Armenia (HHK)
    have repeatedly laughed off the opposition claims. In particular,
    the party's deputy chairman, Razmik Zohrabian, has described the talk
    of fresh elections as "wishful thinking."

    Ter-Petrosian already predicted in March 2009 that Sarkisian and
    his governing coalition "will destroy themselves" in the next few
    months after failing to prevent a "drastic fall in living standards"
    resulting from the global economic crisis.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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