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  • Armenian opposition confident Kocharyan will resign

    ITAR-TASS News Agency
    TASS
    May 3, 2004 Monday

    Armenian opposition confident Kocharyan will resign

    By Tigran Liloyan

    A leader of the Armenian opposition said he was confident that
    President Robert Kocharyan would resign.

    A member of the political council of the opposition party Republic
    and former prime minister Aram Sarkisyan, said his confidence was
    based on "the growing public sentiments against the illegitimate head
    of state."

    The opposition has proposed the following scenario of political
    events in Armenia: the charge of power, the holding of pre-term
    presidential elections, the dissolution of the parliament, and the
    holding of extraordinary parliamentary elections.

    The opposition plans to hold a rally in the centre of Yerevan on
    Tuesday. Despite the law regulating such events adopted by the
    parliament and imposing certain restrictions, Sarkisyan said, "We
    will hold rallies where we think it is expedient and stick to the
    U.N. human rights convention."

    Authorities have condemned the opposition's actions as
    "manifestations of political extremism."

    On the night from April 12 to April 13, police dispersed an
    opposition rally in the centre of Yerevan.
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