Opposition leader predicts repeat of Kyrgyz revolution in Armenia

Arminfo
4 Apr 05

Yerevan, 4 April: “A revolution in Armenia should not be based only on
social contradictions, otherwise the Kyrgyz scenario can be repeated,”
the leader of the opposition New Times Party, Aram Karapetyan, stated
during a meeting with representatives of the Armenian intelligentsia.

He described as a mistake the statements about the ethnic physiological
incompatibility of the Armenians and Kyrgyz and about the impossibility
of the Kyrgyz revolution repeating itself in Armenia. The events
of 1990 and 1996, when an outraged crowd beat up the speaker of
parliament, point to a possible repeat of the Kyrgyz scenario,
Karapetyan said.

The leader of the New Times Party thinks that various strata of
the population might unite around a charismatic leader in Armenia,
as was the case in Georgia and Ukraine.

He noted that “a revolution without a leader is inconceivable and
even in cases when revolutions were led by several leaders, one leader
remained in the end”.

Karapetyan welcomed the readiness of the Orinats Yerkir [Law-Governed
Country] Party for a dialogue, adding that further cooperation is
possible only if Orinats Yerkir quits the ruling coalition.