MINASYAN: AUTHORITIES SHOULD GUARANTEE EQUALITY FOR EVERYBODY

Yerkir
19.05.2009 12:32

Yerevan (Yerkir) – A government elected by using money and
administrative leverage will not deal with people’s issues, Artsvik
Minasyan, the ARF candidate for mayor, told a gathering in Yerevan’s
Arabkir district on May 18.

He said people should answer one question on May 31: will they trust
a force that applies national values or will they continue to live
in injustice, corruption, impunity. "On daily basis, our people see
injustice, run between government agencies to defend their rights, they
suffer moral and physical violence every day," Minasyan said. He added
that this situation cannot last any longer and that the government
should guarantee equality for everybody.

Hrayr Karapetyan, a member of the ARF faction in parliament,
spoke about the reasons why the ARF left the ruling
coalition. "Dashnaktsutyun has never shunned sharing responsibility
but we can do that only when our policies and principles are put
in work. We cannot be held responsible for the corruption, lies and
especially for the fact that our country’s future is put on stake,"
he said.

Kiro Manoyan, the director of the ARF Bureau’s Hay Dat and Political
Affairs Office, said that the ARF list of candidates has no people
that have nicknames and that the ARF does not bring people by buses
for the election meetings. He ur ged people to elect the ARF.