PARUYR HAYRIKYAN. “THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO PREVENT THE MASS DEMONSTRATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH APRIL 24”

April 8 2015

“What happened is a political persecution”, said NSDU leader Paruyr
Hayrikyan, in conversation with Aravot.am, referring to the arrest
of a number of Founding Parliament members and the search of their
apartments. In his words, the government authorities are trying to
prevent the mass demonstrations associated with April 24. “The task
of the law-enforcers must be to protect the rights of the citizens
and not vice versa. They are living by the means of the citizens and
should serve to the citizens. As for the day of the fight, the people
have declared April 24 a day of the fight. When people came out to
the street, they said that the consequences of the genocide should be
eliminated.” A member of Founding Parliament Vardan Hakobyan did not
rule out the possibility that the actions performed may contribute to
the start of civil disobedience to bring down the events dedicated to
the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. Paruyr Hayrikyan said that
he does not think that the political fight is worth associating with
such phenomenon. “I do not think that the Founding Parliament has set
such a task to bring down the events associated with the centennial of
the tragedy. All Armenians mark this day as a 100th Anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, including them. What else should be brought down?”

Ami CHICHAKYAN

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From: A. Papazian