PRESIDENT BECOMES CAPTIVE OF COALITION, RAPA LEADER CONSIDERS

YEREVAN, APRIL 11, NOYAN TAPAN. “Change of power and revolution are
different things. We are against change of power, as, after that, time
of disappointment comes as it happened in Georgia.” Haroutiun
Arakelian, the Chairman of the Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia
(RAPA) stated about it at the April 9 press-conference. According to
him, a difficult situation has grown up in the country today, and he
considered necessary to establish a dialogue among the authorities and
opposition. Noyan Tapan correspondend’s question concerning having
become more frequent, both in Armenian and in West and Russian press,
statements about possible revolution in Armenia H.Arakelian answered:
“One needn’t announce a revolution, one must carry it out, and I
consider unserious interviews dedicated to revolution.” He also
mentioned that RAPA is against any shocks. According to the RAPA
leader, holding of a referendum of confidence towards the authorities
is nothing but an experiment: “If many people, including us, point out
falsifications during elections, then it may be clear that the same
electoral commissions will also falsificate results of this referendum
up to 96% of votes for R.Kocharian”. H.Arakelian also mentioned that
President Robert Kocharian’s mistake is in the foundation of the
coalition by him, and that he became a captive of this coalition.
“There was no need to creat it as the coalition had no join program
not to mention ideological disagreements,” the RAPA leader mentioned.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress