HOTELS REFUSE TO GIVE HALLS TO POLITICAL FORCES SUPPORTING LEVON TER-PETROSIAN
Noyan Tapan
March 28, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The management of the "Congress"
hotel, breaking the agreement reached beforehand, refused to give
a hall to the "Sargis Tkhruni" Youth Union of the Social Democratic
Hnchakian party on March 28. The latter envisaged to hold there the
discussion of the latest resolution passed by the UN on the problem of
the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh. Irrespective of the fact that the
collaborators of the hotel mentioned that the reason is of technical
character: repair work is proceeding in the hotel, Narek Galstian,
the Head of the Union, is sure that the reason is a political one.
It should be mentioned that the Social Democratic Hnchakian Party
and the "Sargis Tkhruni" Youth Union declared about supporting first
President Levon Ter-Petrosian before the February 19 presidential
elections and after the elections they had an active participation
in the rallies organized by the latter.
A few days ago David Shahnazarian, a member of the Armenian
National Movement party and a supporter of Levon Ter-Petrosian,
turned to the management of the "Armenia Marriott" hotel, asking
to give a hall for holding a congress on April 15, however, he was
refused. The collaborator of the event organization section of the
hotel informed "A1+" that taking into consideration the domestic
political instability, their management has decided not to give a
hall to any party until June.