ACCORDING TO ARMAN MUSINIAN, ACTS OF VIOLENCE USED TOWARDS OPPOSITION
ARE MANIFESTATION OF FEAR OF AUTHORITIES
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The rally of the Armenian National
Congress scheduled for October 17 will be dedicated to the analysis of
the situation formed around the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh
problem. Arman Musinian, the Spokesperson of ANC leader Levon
Ter-Petrosian informed journalists at the October 16 press conference.
He said that the opposition has received the permission to hold a rally
near Matenadaran through the court challenging the refusal of Mayor’s
Office. They also plan to hold a march, which is not authorized by
Mayor’s Office.
A. Musinian said that in the previous two days the Police illegally
hindered the events of nearly 50 members of ANC to notify citizens
about the rally. Moreover, the Police used violence to the participants
of the event, which, according to the Spokesperson, is a violation of
human rights and "small hooliganism." According to him, the actions of
law enforcers surpassing in number the participants of that event
nearly two-fold are a manifestation of fear of the authorities. A.
Musinian called policemen for "not fulfilling a political order" during
the coming rally and refraining from such a conduct.
In response to a journalist’s question A. Musinian said that opposition
rallies will be held until the problems faced by Armenia are solved.
According to him, holding of rallies is one of the ways of political
struggle, and people calling the opposition for giving up rallies are
deprived of the political way of thinking.