OCTOBER 26 RALLY HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH BH’S GOALS, PARLIAMENTARY FACTION’S MEMBER ASSURES

Noyan Tapan
Oct 26, 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The October 26 rally with
participation of first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian "has nothing
in common with our political programs and goals." Naira Zohrabian,
a member of the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) faction,
stated at the parliamentary briefing held the same day.

In connection with the incident that happened between the demonstrants
and policemen on October 23 he said that the demonstrants acted within
the framework of the Constitution and laws, while any violence is
inadmissible for Bargavach Hayastan. Former journalist N. Zohrabian
also added that personally for her, "any violence to a journalist is
unequivocally inadmissible."

In her words, it will be possible to receive answers to all questions,
including a possible provocation by policemen after the end of the
official investigation proceeding in the Police, and the BH "has no
ground not to trust" in the investigation’s being unbiassed.

Avet Adonts, another member of the faction, the Chairman of the
Standing Committee on European Integration Issues, expressed an opinion
that the October 23 incident "did not proceed from the interests of
the authorities."