LEVON ZURABIAN: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES SPARED NO EFFORTS FOR NO HALL IN COUNTRY TO BE PROVIDED FOR HOLDING ANC CONFERENCE

NOYAN TAPAN

Dec 22, 2008
YEREVAN

The main subjects of discussion at the conference of the Armenian
National Congress (ANC) held on December 21 at the hall of ANC
Erebuni office were issues regarding Nagorno Karabakh settlement,
problems of financial-economic crisis and possible ways of coming out
of it, as well as home political issues regarding restoration of the
constitutional order in Armenia.

Besides first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian, former political
prisoner Vardan Malkhasian, Chairman of ANC youth organizations’ Board
Karen Karapetian, former political prisoner and a representative of
the Union of Armenian Volunteers Zhirayr Sefilian, Board Chairwoman
of the Hnchak Social-Democratic Party Lyudmila Sargsian, Chairmen of
the Hanrapetutin (Republic) party and the People’s Party of Armenia
Aram Z. Sargsian and Stepan Demirchian spoke at the conference.

According to ANC central office head Levon Zurabian, the conference
was held in such a limited staff as the Armenian authorities not
only refused to provide them the government sitting hall for holding
the conference, but also spared no efforts for no other hall in the
country to be provided for that purpose.

L. Zurabian said that 18 parties, 20 NGOs and 10 youth organizations,
as well as dozens of thousands of people are included in ANC. At
present ANC offices operate in all Armenian regions and Yerevan
communities. It is also supposed to open offices in all former
RA regional centers, that is, to increase their number more than
three-fold. ANC also has branches in Moscow and Los Angeles.

The representative of ANC central office said that a telethon
on raising funds for Armenia’s political prisoners will be held
on December 21 in Los Angeles by the AMGA Armenian-language TV
channel. The telethon is organized by the Eurokanch (Eurocall) center
for civil cooperation.