ARAM KARAPETIAN AGAIN INVITES PROGOVERNMENT PARTIES FOR DEBATE

Noyan Tapan
May 09 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. "The current authorities present
the Karabakh war as if only Robert Kocharian, Serge Sargsian,
Gagik Tsarukian and Mikhail Baghdasarov fought in that war and won
it." Chairman of the "New Times" party Aram Karapetian stated this
during the May 8 meeting with voters at Charles Aznavour Square in
Yerevan. In his words, the Armenian people gained this victory and
liberated Shushi.

A. Karapetian said that members of the "Prosperous Armenia" party
(PAP) do not admit the fact of citizen Shahen Petrosian’s being
beaten by 6 PAP members, trying to shift the blame to a drunken
foreigner. Members of G. Tsarukian’s team lack courage to confess
their action. Whereas, according to A. Karapertian, among radical
opposition members there will also be 6 persons capable of "settling"
issues with the progovernment parties. Chairman of the "New Times"
invited leaders of the Republican Party of Armenia and the "Prosperous
Armenia" party to have a political debate, after which, in his words,
the people will decide for whom to vote.

Representatives of the "Republic" party and "Impeachment" alliance,
as well as Chairman of the "Constitutional Right" Union (CRU) Hrant
Khachatrian participated in the rally organized by "New Times". Hrant
Khachatrain reminded that CRU appealed to its supporters to vote for
one of the 5 opposition forces – "New Times Party", "Impeachment",
"Republic", People’s Party of Armenia, "Heritage" party.