LEVON TER-PETROSIAN CALLS ON STUDENTS TO GO ON STRIKE WITHOUT TIME LIMIT

Noyan Tapan
Feb 21, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. In all likelihood the participants
of the February 21 rally in Freedom Square of Yerevan will spend the
night there.

In particular, the chairman of the "Republic" party Aram Sargsian
announced that he goes on strike. Several young men accompanying
businessman Khachatur Sukiasian carried packages of warm clothes and
blankets to the platform.

A lot of students and young people attended the rally. Addressing them,
Levon Ter-Petrosian called on them to go on strike from February
22. The chairman of the Conservative Party Mikael Hayrapetian and
student of the Medical University Narek Manukian made the same appeal
to students and lecturers of the higher educational institutions.

The former foreign minister Alexander Arzumanian informed those present
about the statement of the U.S. Department of State which expressed
its concern at the problems in connection with the counting of the
votes in the Armenian presidential elections.

The chairman of the "New Times" party Aram Karapetian urged all those
present to rely on the wisdom of L. Ter-Petrosian and accept all his
decisions without bargaining". In his words, Levon Ter-Petrosian, who
"succeeded in working a political miracle over 27 days" after being
out of politics for ten years, has calculated all the steps.