OPPOSITIONIST MAY 28

 “Stand till the end”, – Levon Ter-Petrosyan advises the people in Sardarapat.

 “You will decide the fate of this country. You should not be tired; you should struggle until you reach your goals. This is not my problem. It is not for me at all, what you will do, will do for your children. If you do not realize this we will have a lot of misfortunes. I do not say anything else, stand till the end”, – RA First President said in Sardarapat.  The gathered people greeted him with applauses and crying the favorite slogans.

The First President visited Erablur after Sardarapat. He asked 11 people who have gone on hunger strike the day before to stop it but they intend to continue it. And more about two dozens of people have agreed to go on a hunger strike. The First President and “Republic” Party leader Aram Sargsyan also visited New Times Party Leaders Aram Karapetyan who is recovering in “Erebuni” medical center.

Former Defense Minister Vagharshak Harutyunyan speaking about the fulfillment of PACE 1609 resolution said: “It is obvious that the authorities try to delay the solution raised in the resolution. They will delay up to the last day and will go on solutions. Thus the authorities solve a problem: to make the political prisoners to admit the half of their guiltiness. It is obvious that no crime according to the article 300 of the Criminal Code was committed. Besides it is not clear yet who have led “March 1” operation.  It becomes clear that nobody has led it in this country. So if the people have defended themselves, they have been right.  The state has not acted against them… there are dozens of question which answer we do not have. The authorities will have to set the arrested people free since they have no reason whose authority has been usurped.  The usurpation of the authority is a certain activity. People in “Freedom” square could not usurp the authority.  If they have said that the elections have been rigged, it is their constitutional right”. Contrary to everything former Defense Minister considers inadmissible the attitudes of the authorities towards the oppositionists. “There are things which are more serious. What they did with Sasun Mikayelyan and broadcasted on TV and the rest of political prisoners. In case of unfinished war, this means to break the heroic spirit of the people. And we won in that war thanks to that heroic spirit as well.”  He also added: “The power of the authority is the people, and the people see that no step is taken for improvement and the people will not change their opinion about the authority.”