ROBERT KOCHARIAN: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO BRIDLE LAW AND ORDER DISTURBERS

Armenian authorities have resources necessary to bridle law and order disturbers, Armenian President Robert Kocharian stated today in an interview with the Public TV Company. In the state leader’s words, over one million of citizens of the country, who have elected him, already address the authorities, asking to sanction their meetings in response to opposition actions. “However, I always refuse to such initiatives, as I do not consider it advisable to stir up Armenian citizens against one another,” the President said. In R. Kocharian’s words, at present the opposition struggles not so much against the President, as among each other for the title of “the greatest pan-Armenian oppositionist.” “By criticizing me, the opposition fulfills its tasks and via its excessive aggressiveness tries to gain the support of the constituency,” the President noted. In his words, when opposition, or rather “the aggressive political minority” at last elects a leader, everything will calm down.