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    Armenian president warns opposition against coup attempt

    Arminfo
    3 Apr 04

    YEREVAN

    "My main responsibility as the president is to ensure stability and
    security and to guarantee the natural functioning of all the branches
    of power," Armenian President Robert Kocharyan said at a meeting with
    representatives of the intelligentsia today, commenting on the recent
    events linked to the opposition's actions.

    It is clear that the opposition should exist, he said, because its
    actions stimulate the executive authorities' activities. Under
    Armenian law and international agreements signed by the Republic of
    Armenia, the opposition is protected by the law. But when the
    opposition issues certain calls and initiates a process aimed at the
    unconstitutional overthrow of the authorities, it is regarded as a
    coup attempt. In doing so, the opposition gives up its opposition
    status and acquires the status of revolutionaries and those who are
    trying to stage a coup. Having acquired this status, the opposition
    loses all the privileges and protection it had before and has in all
    the democratic countries. All the aforesaid is absolutely simple and
    logical - "if you are in opposition and behave in a civilized way and
    within the framework of the law, you are protected by the law. As soon
    as you change your status of your own volition, you should expect that
    in the new status of a coup plotter, you will face all the 'delights'
    of this status", the Armenian president stressed.

    He went on to say that for many months he had been rather patiently
    responding to everything the opposition was doing, although many
    citizens were perplexed - "why is he not intervening?". It was not
    cowardice, on the contrary, it is precisely calmness and patience that
    are a demonstration of strength, whereas hysteria is a demonstration
    of weakness. If someone does not understand this, then the state, with
    all its agencies, will react to everything that is going on. "I expect
    that our public, including the intelligentsia, will react to
    everything that is going on as it concerns everyone and nobody will
    benefit from that." After the competent and appropriate implementation
    of its functions, the state will demonstrate once again that it is
    capable of overcoming another ordeal in the context of preventing the
    actions of the aggressive political minority.

    "Our response should correspond to the threat that might be looming
    over us, and the country should overcome this ordeal and I am sure
    that it will. The overwhelming majority of people have always been
    able to find their bearings correctly, which is why Armenia is the
    most stable country in the region, unlike its neighbours which had
    many problems after gaining independence," the head of state said.
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