Politics

“People hate you”

02.12.2005

Today at 14:00 the opposition powers are going to make a joint public meeting not far from the Matenadaran and inform people about their further activities, how to struggle against as they say “this illegal government”. Today at 16:00 the oppositionists will ride through Marzes of Armenia and communities of Yerevan by their cars and …

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The balloons of the authorities have burst

30.11.2005

Yesterday at 12:00 a.m. the lights of the square went off and a black car (Gaz 31-10 model car with 082SS01 numbers) appeared just in the center of the square. This was the car of Hovhannes Tamamyan (the head of Center community police department). We asked him what he was going to do there and …

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Martial law in the Central Electoral Commission

30.11.2005

The authorities have ordered the Central Electoral Committee staff not to go out of their building until the final results are published, so as not to let oppositionists stop them and make them publish the real results of the referendum. These days the CEC building looks like a food depot. They bring food here by …

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The beginning

30.11.2005

Yesterday there were policemen everywhere, especially at Freedom Square. The authorities had ordered these policemen to control the situation and give them information frequently. But in spite of this the policemen were not interested about what oppositionists were doing. Instead of following the order of their chiefs they were gazing at this picture.

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Forces to attack

30.11.2005

Now almost all resting homes of Tsakhkadzor are full of policemen from Karabakh. These groups of policemen are intended for using force and pressure in case there is any public meeting organized by the opposition during the referendum. By the way, it is worth to mention that the policemen that thrashed people in Baghramyan street …

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Presenting a building to a community council member

30.11.2005

A group of citizens of Noyemberyan have sent an open letter to Andranik Margaryan and to Bagrat Esayan. They wrote the following in the letter: “Candidate for Noyemberyan mayor’s position Seryoja Amiraghyan promised in his pre-election program that after being elected he would reconstruct the bath-house of Noyemberyan and this bath-house would serve for people. …

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Games out of the parliament

30.11.2005

We can’t make any estimations concerning the Constitutional referendum now. And after this referendum the parliamentary elections are going to be the next important political development in Armenia. Taking into account the abovementioned, we will try to play one game, where the parliamentary powers will play with the powers that are out of the parliament. …

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Judgment Day

30.11.2005

Much has been said and written about the constitutional amendments referendum, which will take place this Sunday. I don’t plan on talking about the values of the amendments presented to the Armenian voter. We have decided what we are going to vote for and we defend the announcement made recently by president of the European …

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Bozhko is satisfied with the results of the “Orange Revolution”

30.11.2005

Artur Baghdasaryan made a speech at the meeting only after being persuaded three times by the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Ukraine in Armenia Alexander Bozhkon claimed that the talk between Artur Baghdasaryan and Victor Yushchenko had taken much longer than needed and he did not doubt that Yushchenko had …

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The Revolution has begun

30.11.2005

On Thursday, while the unified opposition’s line of cars were roaming the city, the authorities finally showed how ”organized” their governed state is. Basically, by saying ”organized government”, they mean the red cap police officers, Internal Forces and transportation police officers that can be ”organized” in one second and sent to attack and beat any …

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