Dissident communist warns against destablization

ArmenPress
March 25 2004

DISSIDENT COMMUNIST WARNS AGAINST DESTABILIZATION

YEREVAN, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS: Yura Manukian, a dissident expelled
from the Communist Party of Armenia, who was elected today the chief
of the new, United Communist Party, argued that maintaining political
stability is “more vital than air and water,” and that the sovereign
country with a short record of independence has no right to treat its
fate lightly.
Manukian went on to argue that “every Armenian citizen has to
contribute to help resolve the country’s pressing problems.” The main
reason, according to him, behind the opposition’s failure to come up
by a united front is not ideological differences but its leaders’
ambitions. He also called on the latter and the party’s regional
chapters to refrain from moves that would destabilize domestic
stability.