"FROM SYMBOL TO OPPOSITION"
Panorama.am
20:53 27/09/2007
"In the words of Stanislavsky, Levon Ter Petrosyan was in solitude. In
my opinion, his appearance was a planned step, since he had two
ways to go. He could have, like Yeltsin, become a symbol, where
for years one could go into public, express his opinion, and the
like," announced political leader Aram Harutyunyan at a meeting with
journalists. According to Harutyunyan, Ter Petrosyan chose to return
to politics, yet somewhat stay in solitude. And for one who changed
from symbol, in the words of the president, to another in the list
of opposition figures…we see who appeared at the event, people
such as Ardashes Geghamyan, Aleksan Karapetyan, and other opposition
figures. In Harutyunyan’s opinon, the former president should have
said he wasn’t much concerned about how many votes he would earn,
and that he didn’t have the right to remain silent about the current
state of affairs, not to say on the other hand he’d weigh things out,
look at things. It’s as if Nzhdeh said, as we were losing this or
that territory, that we have to count things, weigh things out. Is
there such a commander, who would say these things? Haaarutyunyan
thinks that one should never come into the public spotlight at all,
or at least not in this manner. It is Harutyunyan’s wish that Ter
Petrosyan appear next to the authorities each year at Independence
Day celebrations.