Current Condition of Armenia

[Eddo211]

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Lots of photos from today http://www.panarmenian.net/photo/7112

Does this man have no dignity?

the looks like he is in a wheelchair, he is not nealing....nevertheless, he is shaking his hand. is this the best Armenia can put as opposition? I must admit, I am a dumbass when it comes to Armenia's internal politics and I sure can't understand the amount of turnout for the same well known ex-president.

[Federate]

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You know what's funny. I know I say this a lot but it's worth repeating. Today we saw these protesters protesting freely in the main Opera square, saying and doing what they want, led by of course Levon. However, when similar protesters protested Levon's rigged elections in the 90s, Levon ordered the tanks to drive over the protesters at will and I know someone who witnessed that with his own eyes. And now you have this murderer condemning the government for being brutal. It's irony to the extreme.

This can never be said enough! You are welcome to say it as much as you want for some of the guests we have on this forum who might be Levonakan and reading these words as we type, to remind them each and every time of the kind of criminal LTP and his HHSH party is.

Exactly. Remember his buddy, Vano Siradeghyan? Charming guy. Wanted by Interpol for murder. During the 1996 elections said something to the effect of "Even if Levon got only one vote, I will make sure he is still President". I'm sorry, but the Opposition must be moronic to either not realize or ignore this.

Vano Siradeghyan is in hiding in Dubai, living off the millions he robbed from Armenia.

Armenia: Opposition Bypasses Police, Stages Rally in Freedom Square

I'm not sure "bypassed" is the right word to be used, Eurasianet. The police let them go in after dialogue and an agreement between the 2nd in command of the police force and Zurabyan. Notice the last sentence has a few bolded words and no "revolution".

[Mos]

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This can never be said enough! You are welcome to say it as much as you want for some of the guests we have on this forum who might be Levonakan and reading these words as we type, to remind them each and every time of the kind of criminal LTP and his HHSH party is.

I'm still in shock when I watch those videos of the Levon rallies. How can people be so naive? Didn't they live under Levon?

Talking about Vano, the murderer, you should see the video where he saying that in order to take care of the protesters you need to shoot at them and run them over with military vehicles - it sounds more chilling in armenian

Here's his wanted page on interpol: http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/...2000_17015.asp

[Federate]

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Oh yeah i've seen that video. He is the Stalin of Armenia.

[Federate]

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Raffi's sad Levon didn't play with him
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Opposition Leader Bitter After Ter-Petrosian Snub

Armenia - Raffi Hovannisian (C), the leader of the opposition Zharangutyun party, looks on as thousands of people pour into Yerevan's Liberty Square, 18Mar2011.
18.03.2011
Ruzanna Stepanian

Raffi Hovannisian, an opposition leader holding a hunger strike in Yerevan’s Liberty Square, on Friday described as a deliberate snub former President Levon Ter-Petrosian’s failure to greet him during a landmark antigovernment demonstration held there on Thursday.

The U.S.-born chairman of the Zharangutyun (Heritage) party warned that Ter-Petrosian’s perceived arrogance could result in “yet another disappointment” for his supporters demanding government change in Armenia.

Hovannisian began his hunger strike in Liberty Square two days before Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) forced the authorities to let it hold its first rally there in three years. Surrounded by a group of close associates, he looked on as thousands of HAK supporters poured into the square. Some of them rushed to greet the Zharangutyun leader.

By contrast, Ter-Petrosian and other senior HAK figures pointedly ignored Hovannisian’s presence. They did not approach him or mention his name when addressing the crowd later in the evening. The snub reflected an uneasy relationship existing between the two opposition groups.

“If things were all the way around and the first president or any other politician was on a hunger strike, I would have definitely approached them and expressed solidarity, regardless of my convictions and affiliations,” Hovannisian told RFE/RL’s Armenian service.

Asked about reasons for Ter-Petrosian’s behavior, he said, “I used to think that there is a lack of political culture. But he is an enlightened man, a clever politician. So I believe that was a deliberate policy.”

“If it continues, the people who gathered here will experience yet another great disappointment. I am urging [him] to spare the people yet another disappointment.”

“The people must not accept orders from anyone, whether he is on the podium or on a hunger strike,” added Hovannisian.

While endorsing the HAK demands for the holding of snap elections and the release of all “political prisoners,” Hovannisian stressed that the opposition campaign against President Serzh Sarkisian’s administration should continue in a “new format” and follow a “new formula.” He did not elaborate.

Hovannisian, who served as foreign minister in the Ter-Petrosian administration in 1992, and his party supported Armenia’s first president in the February 2008 presidential election. They also strongly condemned a post-election government crackdown on Ter-Petrosian’s opposition movement.

Relations between the two forces have worsened since then, with Zharangutyun increasingly accusing Ter-Petrosian of seeking to impose his will on the entire opposition. Hovannisian declared last year that Ter-Petrosian shares responsibility for Armenia’s political and socioeconomic problems with his two successors, Robert Kocharian and Serzh Sarkisian.

The Zharangutyun leader insisted on Friday that all three men committed “grave mistakes” while in office. “I respect him as the country’s first president,” he said of Ter-Petrosian. “I was the first foreign minister in his government and I am very proud of that.”

“I was then in opposition to him and his successors. I criticized him and I think that criticism was justified,” added Hovannisian.

http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/2342786.html

[Mos]

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Why is Raffi Hovanessian black? lol I've never seen an Armenian to be as dark as him.

[Mukuch]

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Why is Raffi Hovanessian black? lol I've never seen an Armenian to be as dark as him.

I get impression that you never seen an armenian....

[Mos]

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I get impression that you never seen an armenian....

I live in Armenia every year, I see many Armenians, and I'm often surrounded by Armenians - I know how my people look like, on average they aren't as dark as he is, just look at the photo, and the contrast between him and the others is like black and white.

[Mukuch]

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I live in Armenia every year, I see many Armenians, and I'm often surrounded by Armenians - I know how my people look like, on average they aren't as dark as he is, just look at the photo, and the contrast between him and the others is like black and white.

It is just lite effects... I have meet him, he is not dark at all... also he used to have very dark hair and mustash
And do not forget he is all the day under the sun, they refused to allow any protection (tent) for him....

[KarotheGreat]

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It is just lite effects... I have meet him, he is not dark at all... also he used to have very dark hair and mustash
And do not forget he is all the day under the sun, they refused to allow any protection (tent) for him....

This explains everything