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    THE ACTIVISTS REACH THE FINISH LINE
    Kima Yeghyazaryan

    Hayots Ashkhar Daily
    Published on Aug 02, 2008
    Armenia

    The activists of the Ter-Petrosyan-led movement yesterday began their
    demonstration with a disgraceful incident.

    One of the people standing on the platform of the Matenadaran
    had the naivety to make a half-hearted response to the
    revolutionaries' ultimatum-like demands and was fiercely attacked
    by the activists. After listening to the short speech of the chief
    demonstrator, the middle-aged man standing not far from the microphone
    said, "Well, why do you make demands? Just ask!"

    This was enough for the furious activists to "lynch" the man (who,
    as we managed to find out, was one of the relatives of the victims
    of the March 1-2 incidents). In front of the leaders of the movement,
    the activists attacked the man, struck him on the head with force and
    then pulled him about and tried to remove him from the platform. The
    infuriated crowd which was ready to tear the aliens to shreds "met" the
    stranger with whistles, shouts and curses and immediately attacked him.

    Having received a scalp injury in the upper part of his head, the
    latter hardly managed to have a narrow escape from the territory. The
    revolutionaries immediately began circulating rumors that the person
    who objected to the demonstrators was a 'cop'.

    So, "it serves him ri ght; they should have beaten him more." This is
    how the mob responded to the barbaric act. And the incident showed once
    again how peaceful LTP's demonstrators were. We have eye-witnessed
    such a hideous scene on the opposite side of the building of the
    Mayor's Office on March 1.

    Not concealing their hatred for the cops, the revolutionary activists
    settled scores with another alleged cop yesterday.

    After all this, the revolutionary leaders still dare to insist that
    those who attacked the policemen on March 1 were not the members of
    their armed gang.

    However, the most noteworthy fact is that the revolutionary orators
    did not stop their speeches while torturing the man. Neither Arshak
    Banouchyan, the so-called political prisoner considering himself an
    intellectual (who, at a distance of a few meters, could hear and see
    what was happening) nor Gourguen Yeghyazaryan the other "political
    prisoner", took a second's interval while uttering their speeches
    full of threat against the authorities.

    As to Hrant Bagratyan, he was following the heroic deeds of the
    hot-headed activists with one eye and reading his speech with the
    other, representing various figures in such a manner as though he was
    pronouncing a tongue twister, in an attempt to prove that the country's
    economic growth was fictitious since the indexes were not indicated by
    other countries. To substantiate his allegations, the specialist of
    "m ale cows" tried to make a picturesque comparison like this, "Just
    imagine a beauty contest in which there's no jury making a decision,
    and each participant declares herself as the most beautiful woman."

    And at the end of his speech, Mr. Bagratyan gladdened the activists
    by announcing that, "We should send these authorities to their graves."

    Let's note that the leader of "Heritage" did not appear on the
    "platform" this time either. There was absolutely no representative
    of the party participating in the demonstration which, as promised
    before, was going to be crucial.

    Leader of "Republic" party Aram Sargsyan assured the participants that
    he would always stand by LTP and "comply with all the instructions
    that he will give".

    As to Stepan Demirtchyan, leader of the People's Party of Armenia,
    he managed to change his shirt twice during the demonstration,
    not standing the hot weather and while making his short speech,
    repeated the same 5-6 sentences which the people have been hearing
    for 5-6 years.

    The chief Marxist who had quit the movement through some
    misunderstanding and regretted for his step hurried to the
    platform. And despite the fact that David Haroutyunyan was not entitled
    to make a speech, he managed, after the declaration of the Armenian
    National Congress, to grab the microphone for a couple of seconds
    and pronounce a welcoming sp eech.

    It was extremely boring to listen to Ter-Petrosyan whose speech lasted
    50 minutes. Suffering from a lack of a topic for conversation, the
    speaker this time decided to touch upon "the activities of the main
    state institutions". And he thoroughly estimated and characterized
    the activities of the legislative and executive bodies.

    At the end, the leader declared the "motto" of the movement, i.e. the
    resignation of the country's president and extraordinary presidential
    and parliamentary elections.

    By the way, it is worth mentioning that the meeting began with the
    anthem of the movement (author of the text: Nikol Pashinyan), a musical
    masterpiece composed in the genre of rock. This was followed by the
    revolutionary melody "Lead the Struggle Till the End", its remix being
    performed by LTP himself. Thus, the revolutionary "festival of music
    and dance" is entering a new stage, turning into a specific kind of
    rock-remix contest.

    This, unfortunately, didn't help the revolutionaries to record a
    turning point on August 1.

    Whereas, the aggressive vagabonds who, during the past 28 days,
    had wasted away in the Northern Avenue, had great expectations and
    participating in yesterday's demonstration, they hoped it was going
    to become a historic moment.

    It wasn't "historic", but history continues since the revolutionary
    headquarters again invited the activists to the Northern Avenue for
    5 weeks, promising them that the demonstration which is going to
    be held on September 5 will be historic or at least mark a turning
    point. Let's wait and see what's going to happen."
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