Armenian opposition leader urges voters to reject constitutional reforms

Arminfo
27 May 05

YEREVAN

The leader of the Justice faction, MP Stepan Demirchyan, today called
for a resolute “no” to the package of constitutional reforms that will
be put to a nationwide referendum. The leader of the Armenian
opposition met voters of Yerevan’s Arabkir community today.

Demirchyan said that the illegitimately elected authorities have no
right to reform the constitution. Touching on the beginning of the
active process aimed at toppling the authorities, Demirchyan refused
to name specific deadlines and only pointed out that we don’t have to
wait long. The members of the Justice faction, MPs Grigor Arutyunyan
and Shavarsh Kocharyan [leader of the opposition National Democratic
Party], repeated Demirchyan’s remarks in their speeches.

It must be noted that in his speech, Demirchyan highlighted the fact
that contrary to their usual practice, the authorities did not prevent
the opposition from meeting voters this time, since “they realize that
such actions will have a reverse effect and play into the hand of the
opposition”.