Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Dec 26 2007
Armenian security agency denies pressure on ex-president’s supporters
Yerevan, 26 December: The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia
made a statement today in which it refuted the statements of
ex-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan who had said that the citizens of
the country were under the pressure from the employees of the NSS.
"The NSS officially declares that the given information does not
correspond to the reality. The NSS is an apolitical structure, and
the director of the service made it clear once again during his 18
December interview. The NSS once again declares that it functions
within the framework of its authority established by Armenian
legislation and it considers unsuccessful all the efforts to involve
the security bodies in the internal political struggle," the
statement reads.
Ex-President Levon Ter-Petrosyan said on 25 December that "for
already two months my allies have been summoned on the phone or
verbally to police and security service departments, where they have
been subjected to psychological pressure and threats to force them to
stop supporting my candidacy and participating in my rallies".