No Refusal Of Premises To Opposition By Government, Premier Says

NO REFUSAL OF PREMISES TO OPPOSITION BY GOVERNMENT, PREMIER SAYS

ARKA
April 30, 2008

YEREVAN, April 30. /ARKA/. The RA Government has not refused to provide
Armenian first President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s supporters with premises
for holding meetings, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian said.

The Premier gave the lie to these rumors, saying that people know who
tells the truth. The Armenian Government has satisfied two applications
for assignment of premises for opposition meetings and has made public
the decision, according to the Premier.

Levon Ter-Petrosian’s office applied to the RA Government to provide
them with premises on April 30. The second application was sent by
the Republic opposition party to give them premises for their April
25 meeting.

It was difficult to act on the party’s request, as an open exhibition
was scheduled in the meeting hall of the government on that very day.

"Therefore, we have made a decision to provide the party with premises
on May 2 at any time they want," Sargsian said. "We have been signed
and we will work with them."

He pointed out that information on these applications is available
on the RA Government’s official website.

>From now on, the meeting hall will be open for everyone who meets
the security requirements set by the contract.-0–