Armenian opposition movement holds rally in Yerevan

Arminfo
2 Mar 07

Yerevan, 2 March: "We have to state today that unfortunately, the
Armenian opposition could not put aside its ambitions and
stereotypes," Ashot Sargsyan of the Armenian Pan-National Movement
said at the rally of the Alternative movement [on 2 March].

He said President Robert Kocharyan’s impeachment should be the key
goal of the new public movement. The impeachment could be initiated by
the parliament to be elected on 12 May. "This is why we called on the
entire opposition at our first rally on 20 February to unite in one
election bloc called Impeachment which could consolidate the efforts
to fight together. No opposition party opposed the initiative, some of
them even supported it. The current situation allowed us to see the
real faces of some of the opposition leaders. The authorities have
received a unique opportunity to stage a show called a ‘parliamentary
election’," Sargsyan said.

Political expert Aghasi Yenokyan said that lack of unity among the
opposition in the parliamentary election campaign is the result of the
tricks by President Kocharyan’s agents, who did their best to prevent
the opposition from uniting. He said that no problem of the country
could be resolved "until Kocharyan’s killers travel freely in the city
and fight leaving innocent people dead". He said that for the
Alternative movement, the participation in the parliamentary election
is a means of fighting for free and fair elections.

Statements were voiced at the rally, which was attended by around
1,500 people, that ruling parties’ actual rating was no more than 10
per cent and that it took only determination and will to win the
election. The next rally of Alternative supporters will be held on 9
March.