ARMENIAN MP DISMISSES ACCUSATIONS OF AUTHORITIES’ INVOLVEMENT IN BLASTS
Arminfo
12 Apr 07
Yerevan, 12 April: The blasts carried out last night in the Prosperous
Armenia Party offices in Yerevan’s Avan and Kanaker-Zeytun districts
are a blatant provocation, Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian parliament
deputy speaker and a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation –
Dashnaktsutyun bureau, has said.
He categorically brushed aside speculations of opposition politicians
who blamed the blasts on the Armenian authorities. It is apparent
that the authorities need calmness. This could be done only by the
forces interested in destabilizing and escalating the situation in the
country with the aim of calling the polls rigged and illegal after the
election. There are many such forces in both Armenia and outside it,
Hovhannisyan said. Asked who specifically he means, Hovhannisyan said
he could not answer the question. "I do not work for the police and
can’t answer that question," he said.