ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE STRUGGLE UNTIL ACHIEVING ITS FINAL OBJECTIVES

Noyan Tapan

Au g 25, 2008

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, NOYAN TAPAN. At about 10:30 am on August 25, a
group of nearly 100 men, some of whom wore police uniform, while others
were in civilian clothes, broke into Northern Avenue and took away
all the stands and posters put up in the avenue, breaking and tearing
them. NT was informed by the head office of the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) that their actions were accompanied by bad language.

"Being in internal squabbles and crisis, the regime is terrified
by the authority and efficiency of the sit-down strike in Northern
Avenue. Keeping 76 political prisoners as hostages, the authorities
have cowardly engaged in a fight with their pictures and the true
information that is presented to the public," is said in a statement
of the ANC.

It is stated that prior to the September 5 rally, a large-scale action
of joining the Armenian National Congress and the signature collection
with the aim of taking Robert Kocharian before the Hague international
court is under way in Northern Avenue. According to the statement, the
authorities understand that the activation of the society, failure of
the political trials, the worsening economic crisis in the country,
and the unprecedented terror against business make a mighty nature
of the ANC’s September 5 rally inevitable so the authorities have to
resort to desperate violence and illegalities.

Appealing to everyone for restraint and patience, the ANC states
that these unbalanced steps of the regime cannot break the will
of the ANC and hundreds of thousands of citizens who support ANC,
who are determined to continue the struggle until reaching the final
objectives and getting rid of this anti-popular regime.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress