Armenian opposition party urges law-enforcers to keep out of politics
Arminfo
28 Apr 06
Yerevan, 28 April: A protest rally and march were staged by the
opposition New Times Party [NTP] outside the buildings of the Armenian
Police and National Security Service in Yerevan today.
Addressing the rally on the square outside the Matenadaran museum of
ancient manuscripts, the leader of the NTP, Aram Karapetyan, said that
he and his supporters believe that interference in domestic political
developments by the law-enforcement agencies – the police and the
National Security Service – is inadmissible. These important
government agencies should only serve the state, not the pocket
interests of a bunch of people who have seized power in the country.
“We have nothing against these agencies – the police and the National
Security Service, we are against their leadership that serves the
pocket of the powers that be,” Karapetyan said.
Participants in the demonstration handed over a letter to the
leadership of the police and republic’s National Security Service,
demanding that they keep out of politics.
[Passage omitted: About 500 supporters of the New Times Party took
part in the rally]
The NTP will stage another protest rally outside the building of
Armenian Public TV in May in protest against its refusal to allocate
airtime to members of the party, Karapetyan told journalists.