OPPOSITION MUST UNITE

Panorama.am
21:14 10/09/2007

Former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanyan is not leaving
the political scene, as he stated in a meeting with journalists
today. After his four months in solitary confinement, he answered
questions about his future plans, saying he hadn’t decided the format
he would be using. In his own words, time would reveal this. Arzymanyan
also said that he still didn’t know if it was right for the "Citizens
Disobedience" organization would stay separate or not.

Concerning the possible candidacy of former president Levon Ter
Petrosyan for the Armenian presidency, Arzumanyan said he still
hasn’t met with him, so he couldn’t speak with certainty about the
subject. But, he does have an opinion about Ter Petrosyan’s possible
candidacy, which turns out quite agreeable to his party.

Speaking in general about the upcoming elections and the activities
of the opposition, the former minister pointed out that even before
the parliamentary elections he was saying that the opposition was
not going to unite. "If they want things to change, they have to
unite. The time for deciding the format they use is past, as is the
time for meaningless talk…the knife has already reached the bone,"
added Arzumanyan.