CRIMES FOLLOW ONE ANOTHER

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[11:44 am] 28 November, 2006

"Alternative" Initiative has released an announcement which says,
"The Acting authorities of the Republic of Armenia came to power in
1998 via power seizure. Then they implemented the Parliament carnage
of October 27, 1999 and finally ended their state revolution by the
so-called "Constitutional Referendum" held on November 27, 2005. Thus,
they eliminated the last guarantees for the protection of political
routine, legality, democracy and independent statehood.

The document represented as an "amended version" does not comply
with the well-known norms of human rights and democracy: it ensures
unlimited powers of the President of the Republic, provides mechanisms
for the current authorities’ reproduction, violates the principle of
property immunity and turns the citizens to ignored persons subjected
to exploitation.

On the other hand, taking into consideration the multiple
contradictions, incompliances, linguistic and legal drawbacks of
the document, we can state that the document under question is but
a total disgrace for the Armenian political and legal reality.

The Constitutional Referendum is a brilliant evidence of the
citizens’ vote of confidence. The acting authorities at the head of
President Robert Kocharyan committed a state crime on November 27,
2005, fabricating the results of the referendum which was boycotted
nation-wide. They realized the fabrications with open cynicism and
insolence.

unfortunately, the observers’ mission and international organizations
didn’t stop Robert Kocharyan either. Moreover, the representatives
of many countries and organizations became direct participants of
the above-mentioned crime.

The present authorities must also bear responsibility for another
crime – the destruction of the Constitution which is the fundamental
basis of the country’s statehood.

Mr. Kocharyan must be punished by the very authorities appointed
by him, which gained the public’s confidence. Their number one task
must be the restoration of the Constitution and constitutional order,
which are the legal bases for the independent statehood".