COMPLAINS, BUT WON’T DO THE OPPOSITE

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06:47 pm | June 04, 2009

Politics

Leader of the Marxist Party David Hakobyan, who is 22nd on the ANC
list for the Council of Elders, announced that he and his party are
against the ANC’s decision to drop the mandates and said that this
step is "absolute political idiocy".

According to him, it is wrong for the ANC to drop the mandates because
they will lose a big podium, which will give the party another chance
to gather a critical mass.

David Hakobyan is actually waiting for Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
permission.

"The brigand administration of the Armenian National Movement holds
political accountability to the nation and God for depriving me of
my mandate and the tribune in the Council of Elders of Yerevan."

Hakobyan evaluated the pre-election period as theft of power and the
May 31 elections as the slaughter of democracy in Armenia. He doesn’t
believe that protests will lead anywhere.

"It is useless to protest against the Republican barbarians."

As far as a revolution in Armenia is concerned, he is certain that
nobody is able to start a revolution as long as one-third of the
population is not out on the streets.

David Hakobyan finds that the opposition must revise its strategies
and create a new format in order to solve the problem and he sees
the ANC, the ARF and "Heritage" in this format.

According to the Marxist, the president’s amnesty is a delayed, yet
historical necessity. He also thinks that the president is waiting
for his party to intermediate for him to declare amnesty.

"It’s the president’s job and he has to do it," said Hakobyan.