LEADER OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF ARMENIA: IN 1996 LEVON TER-PETROSSYAN BEHAVED THE SAME WAY AS THE PRESENT AUTHORITIES BEHAVED TOWARDS HIM

arminfo
2008-03-24 20:27:00

ArmInfo. The Mar 1 events in Armenia were very much like the events of
1996 when the first president Levon Ter-Petrossyan used water cannons
and tanks against the opposition. Then, Ter-Petrossyan behaved the
same way as the present authorities behaved to him, says the leader
of the Democratic Party of Armenia Aram Sargsyan.

"I perfectly knew the leaders of the opposition. After each rally
Ter-Petrossyan summoned us to the prosecutor’s office in order to
institute criminal proceedings. The present authorities must prove
that our political system has improved since those times. Only then the
people who voted for Ter-Petrossyan will understand that the promises
of the authorities are not a lie. Otherwise, they will not calm down,"
says Sargsyan.

As regards the questions why he was not with the people during the
events, Sargsyan says that he was with the people simply he was not
withy the people who tried to make advantage of the situation.

Sargsyan is sure that Ter-Petrossyan would not have appeared in
Armenia after 10 years of absence had he had no external support.