Yesterday during the oppositional public meeting Raffi Hovhannisyan said that he could sit on the pavement not far from the president’s office to wait for the answer for six days, but he didn’t want to take the president’s time. “Besides that I don’t dream of his position, his furniture, his office, his money and his material world”, said Raffi Hovhannisyan. He also said that he would send this kind of questionnaire to the next candidate until he is elected and then said: “If you are honest, if you are able to give a polite answer without power pressure, you can come here and answer our questions”.
There were very few people present at the oppositional public meeting yesterday, but member of “Heritage” political party Vardan Khachatryan said that they were not disappointed and they were ready to pass all possible ways of struggle to reach their goal.
Head of “Republic” political party Aram Sarkisyan said that they were not going to stop what they started after the referendum. Then Raffi Hovhannisyan called on everyone to gather there on December 16 at 16:00 and show to the authorities what kind of power they were. Concerning police and national security officers who threatened people one by one Raffi Hovhannisyan said: “Our country belongs to everyone, but not to some people. And it is not good of you to obey the orders that are not good and honest and are out of the law. These orders come out of their fright, and no one can build and develop a country and democracy on the base of fright”. He also spoke about the national security service officers who had investigated him in the airport and had tried to find some confidential documents: “I always visit the customs and represent the interests of Armenia abroad and here. Yes, you can investigate me, but you’d better investigate also Robert Kocharyan and Serj Sarkisyan just like you investigated me”.
As for Petros Makeyan, he said that Robert Kocharyan was trying to punish people for refusing him for several times. “Alas he could keep his position and power by putting power pressure and fraud. This time we will not let him cover the fraud of November 27. He is also able to spoil people that surround him. He made an antinational group from the National Revolutionary Federation too. And it seems to me that representative of “Rule of law” Arthur Baghdasaryan does his best not to follow their credo. And as for shaking the flags, let me note that the battle hasn’t started yet, but it is going to start soon. One party of the battle will consist of 20.000 thieves, and the other party will consist of the public” said Petros Makeyan.
V. Makeyan informed people that the meeting of December 16 was going to be the last one and the most decisive one by saying: “Everything that is formed fast is suspicious”. Then he assured to everyone: “Everything that is going to be formed and announced on December 16 is going to be decisive and functional”. Aram Sarkisyan asked people to bring more people with them on December 16. “It seems to me that we have fallen down on the ground like a ball. It hurts when you fall down on the ground, but later you go up again. And I assure you that now we are going up, now we are standing on our legs and are very sustainable. Now no one can criticize me for saying that we have to make a revolution, because we have no other way. We are not afraid and disappointed of meetings with few people, we need this kind of meeting to break their will down. Look what is happening with them: they have serious conflicts now. If someone from their advocates announces that there were violations and fraud during the referendum, they tell him either to leave their group or to learn to lie. This means that this false power is going to form new political powers for the coming elections in 2007. They are having conflicts now and I believe that their power pyramid will collapse soon, and as soon as it starts collapsing we will go to Baghramyan street. We will do that to show that we don’t agree with this false Constitution”, said Aram Sarkisyan.
Aram Sartkisyan assured that the opposition was going to make new activities not only for the purpose to change the ruling power, but also to provide fair rule in this country. “During the next public meeting we will make a statement showing what we are doing and where we are asking you to come with us to. After this statement it will not be so important for you when the rule will be replaced”, said Aram Sarkisyan and added that December 16 could be the day of the revolution. “Be ready for new developments, be ready even for a new call till December 16, be ready for everything”, concluded his speech Aram Sarkisyan.
P.S. Yesterday after the public meeting Raffi Hovhannisyan walked to the president’s office building. But three police microbuses and other five police cars were already waiting for him there. Police officers not far from the letter department of the president’s office informed him that the department worked till 17:00 and it was closed already. Then he asked whether there were post services there, but not getting any concrete answer he put his letter on the other side of the gates. He had written on the envelope: “To the RA president Robert Kocharyan”. One of the police officers took the envelope and hid it somewhere.