CRU TWO HEADS MAKE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE STATEMENTS
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. Those disputing through the court
system the decisions of the 17th congress have no relation with the
party. Those are state officials who are used by the authorities. This
is said in the February 1 statement spread on behalf of the
Constitutional Right Union (CRU) Chairmanship.
It is mentioned that at present some people removed from the party,
implementing the authorities’ order, attempt to take under the
authorities’ control both CRU and party’s "Iravunk" (Right) official
newspaper. According to the statement authors, for this purpose an
attempt was made still in the party’s congress to involve "agents of
the authorities" in the staff of the CRU heading bodies, but that
attempt failed.
To recap, because of misunderstandings arisen during the CRU congress,
party Chairman Hrant Khachatrian stated about his resignation and
leaving the political arena, after what CRU Deputy Chairman Hayk
Babukhanian was elected the party Chairman. The Court of First
Instance refused H.Khachatrian’s co-thinkers’ claim to recognize
invalid the results of the CRU 17th congress elections held on
September 16, 2006. But, the RA Appeal Court satisfied that claim on
January 31. H.Khachatrian stated on the same day that he will start
the process of curing the party. In his words, H.Babukhanian and his
co-thinkers are a group of conspirators who implemented innerparty
revolution.