ARAM Z. SARGSIAN: MOVEMENT IS IRREVERSIBLE, VICTORY IS INEVITABLE

Noyan Tapan
Feb 29 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The national movement in Armenia
is irreversible, and the victory of the people is inevitable, the
leader of "Republic" party Aram Sargsian stated at the February 29
rally. In his words, the authorities are unable to stop the development
of this movememt.

He pointed out that arrests do not solve the problem.

A. Sargsian informed those present that a rally was held in Vanadzor
today.

Despite the authorities’ pressure, about a thousand people took part
in it.

The application of the chairman of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s pre-election
headquarters Alexander Arzumanian to Armenian representative of the
International Committee of the Red Cross was read at the rally. In the
application, A. Arzumanian considers the state of people in the square
as that in wartime because, according to him, policemen prevent in
every possible way the provision of food and fuel to the participants
of the sit-down strike in the square. Based on it, Arzumanian calls
on the ICRC to provide assistance to peaceful demonstrators. At the
same time, member of L. Ter-Petrosian’s headquarters Nikol Pashinian
reminded that first of all, the struggling people rather than ICRC
is the hope of the movement.