LEVON TER-PETROSIAN: AUTHORITIES HAVE LEARNT NO LESSONS FROM MARCH 1 TRAGEDY
Noyan Tapan
M arch 2, 2009
YEREVAN, MARCH 2, NOYAN TAPAN. "We have to mark the first anniversary
of March 1 in a suppressing atmosphere. Prisons remain filled with
dozens of our friends prosecuted on the basis of forged accusations,"
first RA President Levon Ter-Petrosian, the leader of the Armenian
National Congress, stated at the March 1 rally.
According to him, for a whole year the authorities did nothing to
disclose those really responsible for the crime, the murderers,
the instigators, those robbing shops and on the contrary, spared no
efforts to slur over their crimes. "The authorities learnt no lesson
from the March 1 tragedy and took no step to establish democracy and
legality," L. Ter-Petrosian said.
According to him, the only thing saving Armenia’s discredited honor is
people’s inflexible will-power and formation of a strong opposition
represented by the Armenian National Congress. The ANC leader also
mentioned that in spite of the March 1 cruel slaughter and total and
everyday persecutions following it it is obvious that the authorities
did not manage to intimidate or to force the people to its knees and
to make it renounce fight for restoration of its civil rights.