SITUATION WILL BE SO COMPLICATED THAT THEY WILL MANAGE IT ALONE

Lragir, Armenia
Dec 4 2006

Revolutions in the CIS states are not over, and will resume in places
where they will be unable to conduct normal elections. Aram Karapetyan,
the leader of the Nor Zhamanakner Party, made this forecast December
4. He considers himself as one of the persons who guaranteed the
success of the rose revolution in Georgia. Aram Karapetyan invoked
his "contribution" during the news conference in which he spoke
about his expectation from the parliamentary election in 2007. He
said efforts should be made to turn the election into a change of
power. Aram Karapetyan did not exclude the force-majeure, of course,
and the early election that might follow. He said the Nor Zhamanakner
Party is preparing for both possible developments. Aram Karapetyan
says his political party is the only party which is opening offices
at places. However, in Armenia, it is more important to prepare for
the next day rather than the election, Aram Karapetyan says.

"The next day is the street, disobedience, actions. I am stating now
that we are preparing for such actions, for the next day," says the
leader of the Nor Zhamanakner Party. In this case, it is interesting
to know if Nor Zhamanakner is preparing for the "next day" alone or
in some other opposition format, and if this political party is ready
to do what it is going to do, that is prevention of fraud and change
of power in case it remains alone on the "next day".