RA President calls to avoid participation in rallies

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Robert Kocharian described today as "provocative" Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statements on the intention to carry out a rally right after the state of emergency is lifted.



Talking to reporters, the President stated that "the right thing to do is to refrain from rallies, rest a little and decrease polarity within the society."



"Imagine, if we permit to hold rallies and the people, who participated in the riots and clashes with the police and law enforcers, assemble again. I can't imagine what their "intercourse" will look like. One should be a provoker to repeat the same steps. Maybe, some people will be glad to watch new collisions and new victims and therefore to publish articles in foreign newspapers. But the authorities will not let it happen on the grounds of article 40 of the RA Constitution. I call on the citizens to refrain from participation in rallies and remain aside from provocative statements", the President said, www.elections2008.am reports.