NDP: "EVENTS WERE NOT UNDER OUR INTERESTS"

Panorama.am
15:50 25/03/2008

"The authorities should learn from what has happened," said Shavarsh
Kocharyan the chairman of National Democratic Party (NDP) in a press
conference held on today. He mentioned that considering the fact that
the authorities established a political coalition proves that they
are conscious of the danger.

Kocharyan said that what has happened was the explosion of discontent
of nation and if they do not take appropriate measures to cover the
situation the things can be repeated. "Though the first president
himself was the founder and provoker of today’s situation, the amount
of votes he received prove that some democratic wave was pushed,"
he said.

The politician reminded that situation in 1996 and added "then it was
obvious that Vazgen Manukyan gained the victory, but today we should
speak about first or second round."

As for the foreign affairs he said that the situation seems to
be changed in the USA, "Armenian community in the USA wants to be
separated as one part is ready to support Armenia but the other one
makes some antigovernmental announcements."