CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF OCTOBER 27 TERRORIST ACT TAKES PLACE IN
YARD OF NA BUILDING

ATTENTION: UPDATED NEWS SENT YEREVAN, October 26 (Noyan Tapan). As
of 6:30 p.m., the rally organized by the “Ardarutiun” (“Justice”)
bloc in Liberty Square was over, and the rally participants went to
the NA building to pay tribute to the memory of the political figures
perished during the October 27 1999 terrorist act and to lay wreaths
to the memorial stone set up in the yard of the NA building. A group
of 50 people among participants of the rally, representatives of the
opposition and relatives of the victims of the October 27 terrorist
act, entered the territory of the parliament. Small perturbation arouse
at the gates of the parliamemt, as many participants of the rally
also wanted to enter the yard of the building. But the list of people,
who have the right to come in the yard, was preliminarily coordinated
with the leadership of the National Assembly whose representatives
and MPs representing the political forces of the ruling coalition have
already been waiting for an hour and a half for representatives of the
opposition organizing the rally in Liberty Square. Participants of
the mourning ceremony laid wreaths to the monument of the victims of
the October 27 terrorist act. RA NA Chairman Artur Baghdasarian in his
short speech presented his condolences to the relatives and friends
of the victims of the tragedy. He also mentioned the necessity of
the full disclosing of the crime. Viktor Dallakian, Secretary of the
“Ardarutyun” faction, spoke on behalf of the opposition. He mentioned
that terrorism is unacceptable independently of the fact for what
goals it serves. Dallakian stressed that the purpose of this crime
was to change the results of the 1999 parliamentary elections.
Mentioning that he doesn’t what to give assessments, the MP said
that all the political forces should unite in order to exclude the
possibility of the repetition of terrorist acts in Armenia. The
mourning ceremony lasted for 10-15 minutes, then participants of the
rally left the NA building.