ACCORDING TO LEVON ZURABIAN, TRIAL MADE BY AUTHORITIES ON "CASE OF SEVEN" WILL TURN JUST AGAINST THEM

Noyan Tapan

Dec 16, 2008

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. In response to Armenian National
Congress’ (ANC) application to provide the RA government sitting
hall to them on December 19 "the authorities said some inarticulate
sentences to ANC representatives," from which oppositionists only
understood that they are refused. And as ANC Coordinator Levon
Zurabian said at the December 16 press conference, it was impossible
to understand the reason of refusal from those sentences. Mentioning
that they have also applied to the authorities to provide a hall to
them some day between December 20 to 23, L. Zurabian stated that if
they are again refused, ANC conference will be held in some small
hall, to find which will be comparatively easy. According to him,
for the present, the Congress excludes the variant of leaving for
Georgia and holding the conference there. According to L. Zurabian,
taking into consideration the circumstance that the number of people
wishing to take part in the conference will reach thousands and they
all cannot take a seat in a small hall, all conference speeches will
be videod and will be given out to the people in an unprecedented
number of DVD copies.

L. Zurabian said that the day of holding the conference has not
been clarified finally yet. However, according to him, opposition
activists are glad that it will not be held on December 19, when the
first court sitting on the "case of seven" is fixed. "Now we will
completely concentrate on the trial," the ANC Coordinator said. He
called everybody, "who values the future of Armenia and Armenian
children," for taking part in the court sitting on that day and
supporting the political prisoners. "The case of the seven has been
made with violation of many criminal-judicial norms. Indeed the regime
tried to lay its own crimes, seizure of power and organization of
mass disorders on the opposition," L. Zurabian said. He gave assurance
that the trial made by the authorities will turn just against them.