LEVON TER-PETROSIAN: ORDERLINESS AND OBEDIENCE TO LAW ARE MOST
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF NATIONAL MOVEMENT

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YEREVAN, JUNE 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The most distinctive features of the
National Movement are its orderliness and obedience to the law, the
first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrrosian stated at the June 20
rally. In his words, no car was even scratched during dozens of rallies
and the sit-down strike organized in the last ten days of February,
quite the opposite, all these events were of peaceful nature until the
moment when the authorities opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.

L. Ter-Petrosian underlined that none of the activists arrested on the
March 1 case has been charged with using arms or plundering a shop, and
such charges could not have been brought. In the opinion of L.
Ter-Petrosian, the skinheads of the oligarchs supporting the
authorities are the authors of the hooligan acts committed on March 1.
The first president also spoke about the press information that the
members of Karabakh’s special detachment took part in the forceful
dispersal of demonstrators. "If this is the case, the NKR president
Bako Sahakian must de declared persona non grata in Armenia".

According to the first president, it is monstrous that no policeman has
been held accountable for the March 1 events. In his words, the fact
that the relatives of those killed during the March 1 events have not
been recognized as victims is a monstrosity too. He proposed paying
monetary compensation to the relatives of those killed, saying that it
will not alleviate their grief but at least it will ease the burden of
their cares. He added that the compensation must be paid from the
pocket of the former president Robert Kocharian.

The leader of the National Movement declared that the movement will act
and continue its struggle only within the law. At the same time, he
pointed out that in general, laws on approval of rallies are needless
as it is the constitutional right of the people to hold rallies.

The next rally is scheduled for July 4.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress