ROBERT KOCHARIAN: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BRIDLE
LAW AND ORDER DISTURBERS

08.04.2004 18:38

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian authorities have resources necessary to bridle
law and order disturbers, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated today
in an interview with the Public TV Company. In the state leader’s words,
over one million of citizens of the country, who have elected him, already
address the authorities, asking to sanction their meetings in response to
opposition actions. “However, I always refuse to such initiatives, as I do
not consider it advisable to stir up Armenian citizens against one another,”
the President said. In R. Kocharian’s words, at present the opposition
struggles not so much against the President, as among each other for the
title of “the greatest pan-Armenian oppositionist.” “By criticizing me, the
opposition fulfills its tasks and via its excessive aggressiveness tries to
gain the support of the constituency,” the President noted. In his words,
when opposition, or rather “the aggressive political minority” at last
elects a leader, everything will calm down.