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Vazgen Manukyan: Resignation of LTP in 1998 direct result of 1996

Electoral headquarters of the candidate for president Vazgen Manukyan:
Resignation of the first Armenian president Ter-Petrosyan in 1998 is
direct result of the events of 1996

2008-01-14 20:30:00

ArmInfo. Resignation of the first Armenian president Ter-Petrosyan in
1998 is direct result of the events of 1996 caused by falsification of
the results of the presidential election, statement of the electoral
headquarters of the candidate for president, the leader of the National
and Democratic Union Vazgen Manukyan says.

To note, Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s statement made at the press-conference
on 11 January caused this statement. When commenting on the events of
1996 Ter-Petrosyan said if he and his team is forced to argue on the
results of the election, it will take place in line with legislation.

According to today’s statement of Vazgen Manukyan’s electoral
headquarters, "if Ter-Petrosyan condemns the wave of people’s
indignation in 1996, the shaft of his critics will be directed not only
against Vazgen Manukyan but also against aspiration of the people to
form power via the democratic election. If official election of 1996
were fair and Levon Ter-Petrosyan gained the amount of the votes
mentioned that time, in that case his resignation would be hardly
accepted by the people", – the statement says.

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