ARMENIAN PROGRESSIVE PARTY’S LEADER WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF
“ELITE REVOLUTION” IN ARMENIA

YEREVAN, December 4 (Noyan Tapan). “It is quite obvious that the arrow
of the “elite revolution” is aimed at Armenia,” chairman of the
Progressive Party of Armenia Tigran Urikhanian stated at the December
4 meeting with reporters at the Azdak club. According to his
definition, “elite revolutions” based on the support from outside have
very dangerous consequences for the people masses, although he did not
specify what consequences. Tigran Urikhanian noted that during the
last decade many such revolutions have happened in the world, of which
the most recent one is that in Ukraine. He said all these revolutions
have the same scenario writer and film director. Immediately before
these events some statements about “homosexuals” among those in power
appear, sects like “Jehova’s Witnesses” become active, fight with
corruption at higher education institutions is highlighted, etc:
“After all this the people is presented either with roses or with
oranges.” Tigran Urikhanian expressed concern about the possibility of
implementing in Armenia a scenario similar to those in Georgia and
Ukraine. According to him, it is necessary to be prepared for
artificial tendencies capable of bringing the masses to the streets.

In this connection he appreciated the amendments in the Law on
Parties, which envisage enlargement of the parties. In addition,
according to Urikhanian, political forces blocs in principle being
formed now may also play a great role. “The time for national
consolidation has come, so work must be done in the marzes. Some
50-100 thousand people, who can explain the true nature of the
developments related to the elite revolution, must be on call,” the
PPA leader stated. Asked by NT correspondent how Armenia can
counteract such a “elite revolution” when much more powerful countries
failed to do so, Tigran Yrikhanian said: “Armenia is the center of the
intersection of many geopolitical interests and if the existing
contradictions are cleverly used, it will be possible to avoid these
artificial tendencies.”