RPA SPOKESPERSON DOES NOT SEE ANY PARALLELS BETWEEN 1988 AND TODAY’S MOVEMENT

Noyan Tapan
Feb 28, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The aim of Levon Ter-Petrosian and
the political forces supporting him was not to win in the elections,
but the developments of certain post-election processes. This
statement was made by Eduard Sharmazanov, the Spokesperson of the
Republican Party of Armenia, at the press conference held on February
28. According to him, the statements voiced by the team of Levon
Ter-Petrosian before the elections, speak about that, according to
which, "if they do not win, then the elections are falsified."

As a historian, Eduard Sharmazanov does not see any parallels between
the 1988 and today’s movement, as, according to him, there was a
national idea in those years, there was no repulsiveness and the
society was not dissociated.

He expressed hope that both the authorities and the opposition forces
will prefer the interest of the state to their personal interests. And
if it does not happen, according to Eduard Sharmazanov, the state
should be able to also settle the problems of home security. "The
fundamental freedom of a person, as well as the preservation of
the public order are stipulated in our Constitution. Finally,
we should differentiate between freedom and disorder and remember
that undisciplined people should be punished in all the democratic
countries," the Spokesperson of the Republican Party of Armenia said.

Eduard Sharmazanov made a call of tolerance to all the political
forces, quoting the words of Sparapet Vazgen Sargsian: "We are not
obliged to love each other, however, we are obliged to tolerate
each other."