KOCHARIAN’S SPOKESMAN DOUBTS CHANCES OF DIALOGUE WITH OPPOSITION
ARMENPRESS
March 4, 2008
YEREVAN, MARCH 4, ARMENPRESS; A spokesman for Armenian president
blamed today the opposition for rejecting all opportunities of
launching dialogue with the authorities to resolve disputes in a
civilized manner.
Speaking at a news conference Viktor Soghomonian said there were such
opportunists both before the February 19 presidential election and
after it.
He cited ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian and his close allies as
ruling out a dialogue or reconciliation with authorities.
Soghomonian said after March 1 unrest in Yerevan it was difficult to
say whether there was now an opportunity for dialogue, especially in
the Ter-Petrosian-authorities format. Soghomonian said he could not
see such an opportunity.
He said he had watched a great deal of amateur and police video images
of the March 1 unrest ‘and when you see 30 people beating one police
officer it is difficult to find a subject of conversation with the
riot’s organizers."
He said all people responsible for the unrest- provokers, masterminds
and participants will be punished with all the severity of the
law. He said Ter-Petrosian and his allies should know that the entire
responsibility for the unrest and the death of eight people is on them.
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