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    Opposition party meets voters in Armenian town despite police ban

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    2 Jun 04

    2 June: Despite the authorities' ban, a meeting has taken place
    in Gavar between members of the National Unity Party and the town's
    residents. The chief of the Gavar police, Manvel Shaginyan, banned the
    meeting since it was not sanctioned. Shaginyan described as a trick
    the explanation that it was a meeting with voters rather than a rally.

    In his speech, National Unity chairman Artashes Gegamyan commented on
    [Armenian President] Robert Kocharyan's statement made in Gyumri on
    1 June that "it is difficult to imagine that Vazgen Sarkisyan and
    Karen Demirchyan [the Armenian prime minister and parliament speaker
    assassinated on 27 October 1999] could act against their country
    in Strasbourg".

    In the opinion of Gegamyan who is a member of the Armenian delegation
    in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Robert
    Kocharyan has no right even to mention the names of those killed on
    27 October.
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