FIRST REACTION TO VANO SIRADEGHYAN’S WORDS

Lragir.am
25 March 06

It was the irony of fate or maybe God’s will that the members of the
National Unity, more exactly Alexan Karapetyan, were the first to
comment on the interview of Vano Siradeghyan.

On March 25 after the appearance of the interview in the Haykakan
Zhamanak Daily Alexan Karapetyan was the guest of the Azdak Club, and
naturally news reporters had an opportunity to ask for his opinion
first.

`I have not read it yet, said Alexan Karapetyan on March 25, between
12.20 and 12.30 o’clock. The reporters tried to convey some of the
words of Vano Siradeghyan, especially the part where he says `power
was cast at the feet of the leaders of the opposition, but they were
unable to pick it up¦’ And, generally, Vano Siradeghyan stated that
the opposition has nothing to do with the current internal political
situation.

In answer to Vano Siradeghyan’s words Alexan Karapetyan, one of the
leaders of the opposition, the deputy leader of the National Unity
Party, cited a Russian proverb, implying that Vano Siradeghyan was not
supposed to speak in that way. According to him, their party has
always asserted that the formers did not differ from the current
leadership. `He is not Lenin to write letters from Finland. They do
not act by letters. If he knows and can do so much, let him come and
do what he said he could,’ stated Alexan Karapetyan.