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    First president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan: Robert Kocharyan and Serzh
    Sargsyan have thrown out a challenge to whole civilized world by March 1
    forceful action

    2008-03-01 12:58:00

    ArmInfo. "Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and Prime Minister
    Serzh Sargsyan have thrown out a challenge to whole civilized world
    by today's forceful action at Liberty Square", Levon Ter-Petrosyan,
    the first president of Armenia, a presidential candidate, said at a
    press-conference, Saturday.

    To note, Ter-Petrosyan gave the press-conference at his house, the
    entrance of which is being guarded by the Police and internal troops.

    Ter-Petrosyan said that at 6 am, Saturday, when he was sleeping in
    his car parked at Liberty Square, his team-mates woke him up and
    said that active current of traffic was being observed from suburban
    Davidashen community of Yerevan and village of Parakar to the center
    of Yerevan. "I was told that numerous trucks with special task force,
    but without water jet cannons and other equipment were coming",
    Ter-Petrosyan said. According to him, he received such signals every
    night and paid no special attention to this.

    However, the task forcers appeared at Liberty Square very soon
    and stood in two rows approximately 5 meters away from the action
    participants. "I approached the microphone and asked my supporters
    not to get in touch with the policemen until it becomes clear what
    they want", Ter-Petrosyan noted.

    He said that the special task force attacked the action participants
    without any warning. Naturally, the action participants started
    maintaining resistance, and a scuffle started. "I state that there
    were no water jet cannons or other equipment, only batons and electric
    jolts, I saw the blue sparks myself", Ter-Petrosyan said. He added
    that he personally saw numerous people bleeding to death, however,
    he can't say anything precisely about either the number of injured or
    arrested people - he can contact almost none of his team-mates. "I saw
    the special task forcers scattering metallic rods in the tents before
    battering them. They also battered the equipment for the rallies, broke
    the speaker system and other facilities with their feet", he said.

    After the force action had been completed, the head of the Armenian
    presidential security, Grisha Sarkisov and demanded that Ter-Petrosyan
    leave the square. "I answered him that I would go nowhere until I
    see the sanctions of the prosecutor general. Then Sarkisov and some
    more people forced back my security, literally twisted me hands,
    pushed me into a car and brought me home. I don't know whether I am
    grounded, I have not been officially notified about that, but nobody
    is allowed to come to me and I am not allowed to leave home. I also
    know that Armenian former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan is really
    arrested, I managed to contact Nikol Pashinyan, Aram Sargsyan and
    Stepan Demirchyan, I am not aware of the rest of my team- mates",
    Ter-Petrosyan said.

    Touching upon his further steps, Ter-Petrosyan said that he will apply
    to the City Hall to hold rallies and other actions until a state
    of emergency is imposed, and if he receives a refusal he will take
    relevant steps. "If the Constitutional Court rejects our claim, we'll
    go forward. Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan will not digest what
    they have done. All the ambassadors of the European Union, the United
    States and Russia to Armenia are aware of what has happened. They
    think that they have chosen a good moment - the whole world shifted
    its attention to Russia, where presidential election will be held
    tomorrow, but this doesn't matter", the first president of Armenia
    said. He is not confused with the fact that Serzh Sargsyan receives
    felicitations. "Today people congratulate him, tomorrow they will
    congratulate me", he said.
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