WHETHER HE WILL NOMINATE HIS CANDIDACY BUT "WILL DO EVERYTHING TO BRING THE STATE OUT OF THIS SITUATION"

Panorama.am
12:09 22/09/2007

After backlashing the authorities in power and the whole power system,
First President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossyan spoke about himself. "I
know what you are expecting from this evening. I don’t want to hide
and I can’t behave in false modesty. I am following the processes that
are developing. We all understand that the situation is crucial and
we all understand that we must get out of the situation…. The only
way to get rid of these authorities is to consolidate all political,
healthy, public, intellectual and spiritual forces around a single
common candidate. The experience of these ten years has shown that
alternative methods do not bring success and that there is no way
out. I would welcome anybody who could aspire to the role of the
common candidate now and I would put into force all my influence to
contribute to the process. As far as me is concerned, I will tell
you: today I have no decision yet. I am still investigating, I am
still calculating and I am still examining. My attitude is purely
political. I cannot be guided with emotions. Adventurism is strange
to my character. Unless I know the effectiveness of my steps, I will
not take a step," Levon Ter-Petrossyan announced.

Ter-Petrossyan reiterated several time that he has not taken any
decision yet and when he has "yes" or "no" answers, he will make
it public. "However, do not doubt in one thing. If I see that I can
play a useful role for this nation and for our country in order to
bring this state out of the situation, I will not save efforts,"
Ter-Petrossyan closed his speech.

First persons of opposition parties were present at this festive
event organized by Pan Armenian National Movement (HHSh) dedicated to
the 16th anniversary of Independence. Present were Stepan Demirchyan
of Armenian People’s Party (HJK), Raffi Hovannisyan of Zharagutiun,
Aram Z. Sargsyan of Republic party and others. The leaders of National
Unity, Orinats Yerkir and National Unity did not attend the event.