ARAM G. SARGSIAN: STABILITY ACHIEVED BY REPRESSIVE METHODS WILL RESULT IN NOTHING GOOD

Noyan Tapan
April 1, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 1, NOYAN TAPAN. For Chairman of the Democratic Party
of Armenia (DPA) Aram Sargsian, calling to criminal liability
people engaged in politics for purely their political views is
inadmissible. As he said at the April 1 press conference, stability
is one of the development preconditions of each country, but stability
achieved by repressive methods can result in nothing good.

According to A. Sargsian, after the March 1 tragic events the
people is expecting positive steps by the authorities to improve the
situation. Unless these positive steps are taken, as the DPA leader
predicted, a wave of protest will rise again and this time it will
be stronger. A. Sargsian stated that personally he is waiting for
April 10, that is, the day following the newly elected President’s
inauguration day, when, in his opinion, the President will do his first
actions on the new post. "After April 10 it will be possible to judge
whether the policy of the new President will be identified with the
policy carried on by Robert Kocharian or indeed system changes will
be made," A. Sargsian said.

Touching upon the March 1 events, he said that both the authorities and
the team of first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian are responsible for
it. A. Sargsian considers that the authorities are to blame, as they
were bot able to prevent the tragic consequences and the oppositionists
are to blame as "they did not think of people’s security." According
to him, L. Ter-Petrosian "is not inclined to give a solution to the
issue" today, either. As A. Sargsian explained, a person, who strives
for keeping society away from shocks does not try to divide people
into his supporters and opponents.