RADICAL OPPOSITION THREE TAKES PART IN ELECTIONS FOR PURPOSE OF
INITIATING PRESIDENT’S RESIGNATION IN PARLIAMENT

YEREVAN, MAY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Impeachment bloc, the Hanrapetutiun
and Nor Zhamanakner parties take part in the parliamentary elections
for the purpose of removing RA President Robert Kocharian and his
administration. This was announced at the May 4 joint press conference
of the above mentioned political forces.

According to the agreement, each of the three political forces in case
of being elected should initiate the process of President’s
resignation in the parliament and in case of failure should renounce
its mandates. Reporting this Nor Zhamanakner Party Chairman Aram
Karapetian also said that if none of them gets over 5% barrier, the
process of impeachment will be carried out outside parliament. "The
issue of impeachment should be solved either in the parliament or in
the street," he said adding that they mean not only President’s
resignation. "Our goal is to completely remove the Karabakh clan from
power," A. Karapetian stated.

Representative of Impeachment bloc Nikol Pashinian gave assurance that
unless the results of voting are falsified, the three will have
necessary votes in the parliament at least for starting the process of
impeachment. "Unless we have so much mandates, this will mean that the
election results are falsified," he said. In N. Pashinian’s words, 90%
country’s population is for President’s resignation, therefore many
people will vote for the radical opposition.

In the words of Chairman of Hanrapetutiun Party Aram Sargsian, the
authorities are already committing violations, the proof of which is
not covering the rally of the previous day. "This was the biggest
rally since 2004 and not to cover it means that media are instructed
from one center," S. Sargsian stated. He called the authorities for
not committing violations on the day of voting mentioning that
otherwise the people will take to the streets.

S. Sargsian refuted the accusation that at night of April 12, 2004,
when the authorities used violence towards demonstrants in Baghramian
Avenue, the opposition leaders left the people alone. He said that
Vazgen Manukian, Albert Bazeyan were with him at that time and
Artashes Geghamian was even involved in a "boyish fight." "All of us
stood holding one another’s hands before the water scattering machine
and all of us retreated together. If we had stayed until dawn, the
power would have been changed," he said.