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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION'S OBJECTIVE TO ACHIEVE NEW PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: PPA LEADER
ARKA
Sep 24, 2008
YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition's objective is to
hold new parliamentary elections, said Stepan Demirtchyan, leader of
the People's Party of Armenia.
"The only way to help the National Assembly enjoy public authority
is to hold democratic elections," he added.
Demirtchyan stressed the importance of easing the strain in Armenia
by relieving "political prisoners" who have been under arrest since
the March 1-2 clashes in Yerevan.
Touching upon the parliamentary commission that investigates the
March clashes, the PPA leader said opposition is skeptical about the
results of the investigation.
"The commission is not objective and real offenders remain unpunished,"
Demitchyan added.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held
by the opposition led by Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosian
in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused
Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the
presidential election on February 19.
The clashes began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear
Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there
for the past 10 days.
ARKA
Sep 24, 2008
YEREVAN, September 24. /ARKA/. Armenian opposition's objective is to
hold new parliamentary elections, said Stepan Demirtchyan, leader of
the People's Party of Armenia.
"The only way to help the National Assembly enjoy public authority
is to hold democratic elections," he added.
Demirtchyan stressed the importance of easing the strain in Armenia
by relieving "political prisoners" who have been under arrest since
the March 1-2 clashes in Yerevan.
Touching upon the parliamentary commission that investigates the
March clashes, the PPA leader said opposition is skeptical about the
results of the investigation.
"The commission is not objective and real offenders remain unpunished,"
Demitchyan added.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held
by the opposition led by Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosian
in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused
Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the
presidential election on February 19.
The clashes began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear
Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there
for the past 10 days.