A NUMBER OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITE INTO UNITED ANTI-CRIMINAL MOVEMENT

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Sept 28 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. "The Armenian people is facing the
danger of losing its statehood. Open criminalization of all spheres,
including political one, is taking place in the country."

This was mentioned in the Anti-criminal Movement Declaration signed
by a number of opposition parites on September 28.

According to the declaration, the criminal bodies that appeared in
the power pyramid started a large-scale process of centralization
of criminogenic financial resources. RA citizens are unprotected
in their country. Innocent people become victims of periodically
committed murders and terrorist acts: "These criminal actions are the
consequence of unconcealed arbitrariness and direct encouragement of
Kocharian-Sargsian duet," the declaration read.

According to the document authors, task number one of the current
authorities is to do everything for reproducing the current regime at
the forthcoming elections. For this purpose Serge Sargsian’s grouping
was formed with R.Kocharian’s direct sponsorship from most corrupted
officials and business leaders having criminal roots. The grouping
"under the cover of the Republican Party of Armenia, by bribing and
blackmailing state officials, intimidating the society, media and
politicians, creates conditions for coup d’etat."

According to the declaration, "the most part of the Armenian citizens
did not give themselves up to the criminal-oligarch elements and will
not permit to endanger the Armenian people’s future." The document
authors are sure that criminal elements can be forced out of the
country’s public and political life only with joint resolute efforts.

The parties having signed the document declared that they united into
a united anti-criminal movement.

As of 16:00 the document was signed by 13 parties, including the
Homeland and Honor, Nor Zhamanakner (New Times), National Unity,
People’s Party of Armenia, Constitutional Law Union, Hanrapetutiun,
Social-Democratic Hnchakian and others. Representatives of the
Democratic Party and the Democratic Homeland party also expressed
willingness to join the document.

Nor Zhamanakner Party Chairman Aram Karapetian told journalists that
the declaration is open for another political forces to sign it and
to join the movement.