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ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS IS POLITICALLY BANKRUPT, SAYS MINISTER
14:24 * 13.02.14
Armenia's minister of education and science, who is a deputy leader
of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), has slammed the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) for its plans to hold a
rally on March 1.
At a news conference on Thursday, Armen Ashotyan said he doesn't think
the ANC has made any political capital over the past six years apart
from recalling the victims of the March 2008 post-electoral turmoil.
"Regrettably, an obscure force called the ANC has not so far made any
political capital or created any political arena except for recalling
what happened in the country six years ago. This is one of the most
striking manifestations of political bankruptcy," he noted.
Following the February 19, 2008 presidential polls (that saw Serzh
Sargsyan win his first term in office), the ANC, which was then a
political alliance headed by first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
(a central opposition candidate in the election), launched a series
of rallies in Yerevan's Liberty Square to dispute the results of the
voting. Its peaceful protests escalated into a violent turmoil on
March 1 and 2, leaving 10 people killed in clashes with the police.
The ANC is going to hold a peaceful rally on March 1 to commemorate
the sixth anniversary of the tragic events.
Armenian News - Tert.am
14:24 * 13.02.14
Armenia's minister of education and science, who is a deputy leader
of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), has slammed the
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) for its plans to hold a
rally on March 1.
At a news conference on Thursday, Armen Ashotyan said he doesn't think
the ANC has made any political capital over the past six years apart
from recalling the victims of the March 2008 post-electoral turmoil.
"Regrettably, an obscure force called the ANC has not so far made any
political capital or created any political arena except for recalling
what happened in the country six years ago. This is one of the most
striking manifestations of political bankruptcy," he noted.
Following the February 19, 2008 presidential polls (that saw Serzh
Sargsyan win his first term in office), the ANC, which was then a
political alliance headed by first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
(a central opposition candidate in the election), launched a series
of rallies in Yerevan's Liberty Square to dispute the results of the
voting. Its peaceful protests escalated into a violent turmoil on
March 1 and 2, leaving 10 people killed in clashes with the police.
The ANC is going to hold a peaceful rally on March 1 to commemorate
the sixth anniversary of the tragic events.
Armenian News - Tert.am