Tert, Armenia
Nov 13 2009

Ter-Petrossian’s Last Speech Bargain Offer to Governing Leadership:
Minasyan
15:31 ¢ 13.11.09

Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D) member, MP Artsvik Minasyan,
at a press conference today, referred to first president Levon
Ter-Petrossian’s latest rally, where Ter-Petrossian spoke about the
ARF-D. Minasyan first said that there will probably be a more serious
and more inclusive response to Ter-Petrossian’s rally, after which she
provided her perspective.

`The first president’s last expressed thought is merely a suggestion
for a simple bargain with the governing authorities. I was able to
commend [this] in this way, and it pains me that policy moves toward
weakening, and not strengthening, the opposition. Put in another way,
this is a blow to the opposition, and the opposition is going to
suffer from that blow, and the leadership’s hands are going to be
freer to continue this issue of the Armenian-Turkish process,’ said
the MP.

In Minasyan’s opinion, with his rally, Ter-Petrossian, as always,
declared the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and supporters of the
Armenian Cause (`Hay Dat’), in general, a fundamental target. `That’s
his problem and the problem of those individuals who have welcomed
this denationalized policy. Evident here is one thing: Hay Dat’s
ideology doesn’t have another option,’ noted the ARF-D member.

Referring to Armenia-Turkey relations, Minasyan noticed that these
relations aren’t taking a break, they’re just simply experiencing a
certain sluggish period. The MP stated that they’re `not passive,’ and
that, during this time, they are activating the provinces’ (marzer)
population, who receive exclusive one-sided news from official
`preachers.’