20/09/2014 14:29
Aram Manukyan: Police chief’s statements not to affect rally
The joint rally of non-government parliamentary political forces of Armenia will mark the start of a powerful stage in their struggle, the secretary of Armenian National Congress (HAK) parliamentary faction Aram Manukyan told reporters today.
“We take the pulse, the people are indignant, the authorities are weak,” he said.
Commenting on the statements of Armenian Police Chief Vladimir Gasparyan concerning the upcoming joint rally, Aram Manukyan said: “I don’t care a damn. The insignificant remarks of the police chief will not affect our rally and October 10th will mark the start of something”.
According to the parliamentary deputy , domestic political issues will be discussed at the rally, there are no foreign policy issues on its agenda. “The change of power and new fair elections will be discussed,” he noted.
As for the possible speech of HAK leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan at the rally, Aram Manukyan said that everything will be decided spontaneously during the rally.
As was reported earlier, the Chief of the Armenian police Vladimir Gasparyan said in a briefing during police troops’ exercises at Arzni airport that regardless of whether the political autumn in Armenia is going to be hot or cold, it has to be within legal boundaries. “I will give a flippant answer: there is a cold shower for a heated autumn, but when it proves useless, we can organize a hotter autumn. I will speak my mind: regardless of whether the autumn is going to be hot or cold, everything has to be within legal boundaries,” the police chief said in response to a question about the heated political autumn promised by Armenia’s non-government political forces.