THE LUXURY AND MISERY OF "CONTRA-INTERCEPTIONS"
Lilit Poghosyan
Hayots Ashkhar Daily
16 Oct 2008
Armenia
Until quite recently, the press supporting the Armenian Pan-National
Movement was silent about our recent publications concerning
the intercepted phone conversations of ex-Foreign Minister Alik
Arzoumanyan.
And that is quite comprehensible. Such interceptions throw light
upon the "revolutionary programs" of the pro-Levon activists, at
the same time unmasking their true image and the nuances of their
"elitist" vocabulary and interrelations. But, here they are. Just a
few days before the trial of the some of the organizers of the March
1 incidents, the activists of the Armenian Pan-National Movement
launched a counter-attack.
In particular, "Aravot" daily launched a campaign of
"contra-interceptions". Acting in support of the pro-Levon activists,
the newspaper reports that Alik’s phone conversations are just episodes
containing no essential information and poses the following question,
"Is this how the activists were preparing for a revolution?" This is
followed by some quotations from the public speeches of the orators,
and then, here you are – the conclusion is ready, "The pro-opposition
activists had no plan or intention of staging a revolution or coup d’
état, seizing power, mounting a rebellion or organizing disorders."
0D And in general, "It becomes clear from the intercepted conversations
that the opposition had no program aimed at staging a coup, and
the lawsuit filed against its leaders is a pre-arranged affair and,
as a matter of fact, has no prospects."
As regards the arguments that the top pro-opposition figures "are
not even ready to apply to the Constitutional Court", "Aravot"
makes no hint about this, pretending to be a fool. First, it has been
mentioned several times that LTP relies on the "colored" post-electoral
developments rather than the elections or the court appeals aimed at
arguing their results.
Besides, even if the opposition really wanted to apply to the
Constitutional Court, it couldn’t have done so for a very simple
reason: it didn’t have the package of the convincing and irrefutable
arguments that could definitely prove that the elections were
"thoroughly falsified".
"And the fact that on the night of March 2, L. Ter-Petrosyan exhorted
the demonstrators to disperse was quite logical because it was clear
the spontaneous demonstration was being led rather than conducted by
the opposition," "Aravot" reports, without asking L. Ter-Petrosyan
why he hadn’t made the exhortations much earlier when the disorders
were just beginning to develop. Moreover, he ordered those people
to remain in their places and not to quit the scene20of action under
any circumstances.
And reason is quite clear: LTP needed blood, and he got what he
wanted: the minimum program aimed at organizing a bloodshed in the
centre of Yerevan, just in front of the French Embassy, was brought
to life. And in the estimation of LTP, (who was quite "optimistic")
this was to become the "swan-song" of the authorities. Based upon the
awkwardness and incapability of the organizers, "Aravot" expresses its
authoritative opinion: judging by the interceptions, "the opposition
either had objectives which were unknown to us," or it was guided
"by impulsive solutions" and "unserious approaches".
Whereas the objective of LTP and his closest people who coordinated
the activities of the demonstrators was more than transparent.
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