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    Armenian opposition not to collect signatures to remove president

    Arminfo
    2 Jul 04

    YEREVAN

    Today's session of the political council of the opposition Justice
    bloc decided not to organize a campaign to collect signatures for
    demanding the resignation of Armenian President Robert Kocharyan and
    for holding extraordinary presidential elections, the secretary of the
    Justice parliamentary faction, Viktor Dallakyan, has told Arminfo news
    agency.

    The session agreed that the overwhelming majority of the Armenian
    population wants Kocharyan's resignation and hence, there is no point
    in wasting efforts and resources to confirm this once
    again. "Collecting signatures does not make sense also because
    according to the existing laws, the signatures will not be legally
    binding." Dallakyan said.

    The Justice bloc will soon conduct a press conference, which will
    "draw conclusions on the results of the persecution of opposition
    leaders and activists in spring", he said. "More than 1,000 people
    were subjected to administrative persecution between March and June,
    and two of them - Edgar Arakelyan and Lavrentiy Kirakosyan - are still
    under arrest. The lawyers of the convicts will be present at the press
    conference, and a general assessment will be made on political
    repression," he said.
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