ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS WITHDRAWS FROM ITS MANDATES IN THE YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS

ArmInfo
2009-06-01 20:38:00

ArmInfo. The Armenian National Congress (ANC) withdraws from its
mandates in the Yerevan Council of Elders, the first president of
Armenia, ANC Leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan said at the all-republican
rally of his supporters in Yerevan, Monday.

According to him, the Congress has stated for several times that it is
ready to hold a dialogue with the authorities only in case of releasing
the political prisoners and holding normal fair elections. "However,
the Armenian authorities, in the person of Serzh Sargsyan, have ignored
both conditions, failed to release the political prisoners and held
the most awful election that had ever been held. They lost another
chance to improve psychological atmosphere in the country and burnt
all possible bridges for dialogue and consolidation of nation>, –
Levon Ter-Petrosyan said and added that from now on the ANC will not
hold dialogue with the authorities at any conditions. ‘Any document
signed by Serzh Sargsyan has no legal force for us especially it
is regarding Karabakh or the Armenian-Turkish relations’, – Levon
Ter-Petrosyan concluded".