“Karen Demirchyan resigned office in 1988 according to his application,” People’s Party (PPA) Leader Stepan Demirchyan said during the interview to A1+. “And where was Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the May of 1988? In 1991, during Ter-Petrosyan’s office, Karen Demirchyan became the director of “ArmElectro” factory.” He has also mentioned that Demirchyan did not foil the Karabakh movement and official Moscow accused him of nationalism. Michael Gorbochov was eager to dismiss Karen Demirchyan and the heads of other countries. He didn’t head the movement either and preferred to leave the political domain. It was possible to avoid bloodshed thanks to Demirchyan. “The members of Karabakh Committee were taken into custody after Demirchian’s resignation,” former Yerevan Mayor Vahagn Khachatrian reminded A1+.
