MEMBER OF THE RPA FACTION CALLS ARMENIAN SOCIETY TO UNITE AGAINST LEVON TER-PETROSYAN

arminfo
2008-04-18 13:53:00

ArmInfo. The head of the permanent parliamentary commission on finances
and budget issues, a member of the RPA faction Gagik Minasyan has
called Armenian society to unite against Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

Making a speech at today’s discussions in the National Press Club
organized by the NDI of the USA and commenting on the present domestic
political situation in the country Minasyan said it is important
to start a dialogue among the political forces, the authorities and
the opposition.

Representatives of international organizations and the newly elected
President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisyan always point at this. But
the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan still continues
being guided with a principle ‘the worse – the better!’. ‘I call the
society to unite against such a politician as by his actions he does
not promote weakening of tension in the country’, – Minasyan said.

Secretary of the Heritage parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan, who
was taking part in the discussion, said of the political and legal
crisis in the country. Political, as the political institutions could
not prevent the 1 March tragic events; and legal, as participants in
the rally were disgusted by injustice and serious violation of human
rights, Safaryan said. He declined to comment of PACE Resolution on
Armenia. ‘I can only say, that the resolution that has been recently
adopted by PACe is defeat and pain of Armenia. The point is we cannot
find a way out from the crisis, and Strasbourg points to us how to do
it’, – he said and added that unification of the society around any
politician will hardly promote coming the country out of the crisis.

For her part, member of the People’s Party of Armenia Ruzan Khachatryan
said she does not trust in the pre-election and post-election pledges
of Serzh Sarkisyan and his readiness to start a dialogue.