PPA LEADER: NO PROGRESS WAS RECORDED IN ARMENIA IN 2008
NOYAN TAPAN
Dec 24, 2008
YEREVAN
No progress was recorded in Armenia in 2008, moreover, the world
crisis consequences were also added to people’s and country’s
difficulties. Stepan Demirchian, the Chairman of the People’s Party
of Armenia, stated at the December 24 press conference.
He said that the March 1 consequences have not been overcome so
far. While, according to the PPA leader, the moral- psychological
atmosphere in the country should be changed and first of all all
political prisoners should be released.
As to the "case of the seven," S. Demirchian said that the case is
forged, no attempt of a coup has taken place, opposition leaders have
not voiced appeals for attacking state buildings. He strictly condemned
the violence towards one of the "case of the seven" defendants,
Grigor Voskerchian. "The authorities have not changed their policy:
they wish to prevent the people’s movement with repressions," the PPA
leader said. He expressed an apprehension that the actions used by
the authorities at the December 23 court sitting and the atmosphere
created around the trial have a goal to prepare a closed trial.
According to S. Demirchian’s prediction, year 2009 will be very hard,
as economic crisis problems have been also added to the current
problems.
"Today Armenia is in a political, economic, social, moral-psychological
crisis, which is the consequence of the policy carried on by
the authorities over the past 10 years aimed at serving the
criminal-oligarch system," he said.
Meanwhile S. Demirchian expressed the hope that year 2009 will be a
year of positive changes.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
