ACCORDING TO GALUST SAHAKIAN, "TRAITOR IDEOLOGY OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN
SHOULD BE BROKEN IN ORDER TO PREVENT EVIL"

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. In the conviction of Galust
Sahakian, the Deputy Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, the
name of the winner of the February 19, 2008 elections is already
predetermined and all the other candidates will struggle for the second
place only. As he mentioned at the press conference held on December
26, the Republicans will do everything for the pre-electoral year to
pass in a friendly atmosphere. "We are not the political team, which
must trample the other forces in order to keep the authorities," the
Republican figure made assertions.

At the same time, in his words, they want to "prevent evil" in the
Republican Party of Armenia, for the purpose of which they strive to
oppose the charges voiced by Levon Ter-Petrosian, the first President
of the Republic of Armenia, and his supporters. In response to the
observation of a journalist, according to which they usually "break
something in order to prevent evil", Galust Sahakian mentioned that the
representatives of the authorities are going to break "the traitor
ideology" of the first President. Galust Sahakian clarified that he
considers the fact that Levon Ter-Petrosian "has thrown down the
gauntlet to society" by calling the state system "chieftainship" to be
traitor.