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    Armenian opposition to oust separatist Karabakh leader - Azeri paper

    Ekspress, Baku
    4 Apr 04

    Text of Huseyn Bakuvi report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekspress on 4
    April headlined "It has started: A coup is being plotted in Xankandi"

    A new separatist movement, Karabakh-88, was set up in Xankandi
    [Stepanakert] yesterday. Eduard Agabekyan and candidate of physics and
    mathematics Gagik Bakhunts, members of the initiative group of the
    movement, held a news conference in this connection. They said that
    the major goal of the new movement was "to reach world recognition of
    the state independence" of Nagornyy Karabakh.

    "We are the people who laid the foundation of the national liberation
    movement of Nagornyy Karabakh. Therefore, we believe that apart from
    having recognized Karabakh's independence, we have the right to try to
    establish a fair and normal government here. Our major goal is to
    restore the status quo of the national spirit of the Karabakh
    Armenians of 1988," Bakhunts said.

    In addition, Bakhunts and Agabekyan said that they were ready for
    cooperation with all political forces in Karabakh, adding that there
    should be "the rule of law rather than dictatorship".

    In analysts' opinion, the strengthening of the opposition camp in
    Armenia and the growing tendency towards a power change in the country
    have also affected Nagornyy Karabakh.

    The latest issue of Masis Weekly newspaper reported that the
    "unexpected" opposition activity was registered in Nagornyy Karabakh:
    "Armenia's Peoples, National Unity, Ramkavar Azatakan and four more
    opposition parties, as well as the Justice bloc, want to overthrow
    Karabakh leader Arkadiy Gukasyan. To be more precise, they are going
    to start the process to oust Armenian President Robert Kocharyan not
    in Armenia, as many believe, but in Nagornyy Karabakh, by neutralizing
    Gukasyan."

    The Karabakh-88 movement is also said to target Gukasyan who "has
    sidelined true nationalist forces from the government and created
    dictatorship". It is no coincidence that at yesterday's news
    conference, Bakhunts and Agabekyan spoke about "the rule of law rather
    than dictatorship".

    Apart from this, the Nagornyy Karabakh Communists merged with the
    Yerkrapa union of volunteers to set up the Path of Justice and
    Salvation bloc. As is clear from the title of the bloc, Armenia's
    Justice bloc is behind this organization.
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