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PETITION AGAINST LEVON TER-PETROSYAN: COMMENTS VAHAGN KHACHATRYAN
August 8 2013
"I, the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, join the lawsuit against
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, that in 1995 he falsifying the constitutional
referendum took the power from the people." In these days, the petition
of such content is conducted among the citizens. In the conversation
with member of ANC Vahagn Khachatryan, Aravot.am inquired as to how
he assesses the implementation of petition, and what steps they are
going to undertake. Mr. Khachatryan replied: "The authority is looking
for ways to divert people's attention. Instead of giving answers to
questions regarding offshore scandal, price rise, gas price, the
authority is recalling stories to make people forget about those
talks." The statement, under which RA citizens must sign, states:
"In 1995, pursuant to decision of RA National Assembly, the draft
of the Constitution introducing the authoritarian state management
system was put to referendum. It contradicted democratic principles
of checks and balances in the government, as well as Articles 1 and
2 of the Constitution, which are undeniable and unchangeable, which
in spite of all illegitimacies remained unchanged.
According to this draft, the entire management of the state is
centralized in the hands of RA President and the majority of the
National Assembly, to some extent. RA citizens were deprived of
their right to initiate a referendum, which was stipulated by the
Declaration of the Republic of Armenia, and in 1991 was prescribed
in the form of the law and approved by the Supreme Council." On
this occasion, Mr. Khachatryan clarified: "Everything took place
within the framework of legality, public, and within the framework
of current legislation of that time. The authority does not have good
expectations from September to the end of the year, plus the worsening
of economic situation, deterioration of economic conditions in Russia,
which will affect the economy of Armenia. This step is very typical of
the authority, without its intervention, no one would demonstrate such
initiative." The text of the statement also says: "The loss of faith
towards the future resulted in enormous scale of emigration for us.
The year following the seizure of the power, in 1996, a frank
confession was made that even if 100% of citizens make another
decision, we will not hand in the government. Until now, all elections
and referendums have been held without fraud. 18 years have passed
since those events, but so far no one has responded." We asked V.
Khachatryan why L. Ter-Petrosyan should bear the responsibility. He
answered: "It is not by chance. In fact, L. Ter-Petrosyan is a
unique person that can unite people around him to return the power
to people, constitutionally. It was not also accidental of making
Nagorno Karabakh reportage public, when they were trying to mitigate
the role of Ter-Petrosyan in Nagorno Karabakh war, and to equate it
to even zero. In all cases, the government has always tried to keep
Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the shade, but they failed, especially in
recent times. They are also trying to solve the issue of remaining
in the history, which is failed, too."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/08/155919/
From: Baghdasarian
August 8 2013
"I, the citizen of the Republic of Armenia, join the lawsuit against
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, that in 1995 he falsifying the constitutional
referendum took the power from the people." In these days, the petition
of such content is conducted among the citizens. In the conversation
with member of ANC Vahagn Khachatryan, Aravot.am inquired as to how
he assesses the implementation of petition, and what steps they are
going to undertake. Mr. Khachatryan replied: "The authority is looking
for ways to divert people's attention. Instead of giving answers to
questions regarding offshore scandal, price rise, gas price, the
authority is recalling stories to make people forget about those
talks." The statement, under which RA citizens must sign, states:
"In 1995, pursuant to decision of RA National Assembly, the draft
of the Constitution introducing the authoritarian state management
system was put to referendum. It contradicted democratic principles
of checks and balances in the government, as well as Articles 1 and
2 of the Constitution, which are undeniable and unchangeable, which
in spite of all illegitimacies remained unchanged.
According to this draft, the entire management of the state is
centralized in the hands of RA President and the majority of the
National Assembly, to some extent. RA citizens were deprived of
their right to initiate a referendum, which was stipulated by the
Declaration of the Republic of Armenia, and in 1991 was prescribed
in the form of the law and approved by the Supreme Council." On
this occasion, Mr. Khachatryan clarified: "Everything took place
within the framework of legality, public, and within the framework
of current legislation of that time. The authority does not have good
expectations from September to the end of the year, plus the worsening
of economic situation, deterioration of economic conditions in Russia,
which will affect the economy of Armenia. This step is very typical of
the authority, without its intervention, no one would demonstrate such
initiative." The text of the statement also says: "The loss of faith
towards the future resulted in enormous scale of emigration for us.
The year following the seizure of the power, in 1996, a frank
confession was made that even if 100% of citizens make another
decision, we will not hand in the government. Until now, all elections
and referendums have been held without fraud. 18 years have passed
since those events, but so far no one has responded." We asked V.
Khachatryan why L. Ter-Petrosyan should bear the responsibility. He
answered: "It is not by chance. In fact, L. Ter-Petrosyan is a
unique person that can unite people around him to return the power
to people, constitutionally. It was not also accidental of making
Nagorno Karabakh reportage public, when they were trying to mitigate
the role of Ter-Petrosyan in Nagorno Karabakh war, and to equate it
to even zero. In all cases, the government has always tried to keep
Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the shade, but they failed, especially in
recent times. They are also trying to solve the issue of remaining
in the history, which is failed, too."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/08/08/155919/
From: Baghdasarian