100,000 signatures to sue Kocharian
The Armenian opposition led by former president Levon Ter-Petrosian
has collected over 100,000 signatures to take ex-president Robert
Kocharian to the International Court of Justice at the Hague,
Ter-Petrosian's spokesman said.
Arman Musinian told journalists that the Armenian public was very actively involved in the signature campaign.
"We are expecting even greater results in the next two months. Signatures are coming from regions throughout the republic but the capital city's residents are the most active," he said.
We recall that the Ter-Petrosian-backed Nationwide Movement announced July 14 that the Armenian opposition had launched the collection of required signatures to sue Kocharian. Opposition representatives believe that the ex-president had personally ordered to ruthlessly put down mass protests by demonstrators who challenged the results of the February 19 presidential election on March 1.
During the post-election protests staged by Ter-Petrosian's supporters, 10 people were killed, 265 injured and over 100 arrested.
Musinian said the opposition had encountered some challenges during its campaign. "At times, citizens acting at the behest of the authorities come to put down their signatures with others' passports to make it possible to prove in the future that the signatures were forged, in a bid to stage a provocation," the spokesman said.
Arman Musinian told journalists that the Armenian public was very actively involved in the signature campaign.
"We are expecting even greater results in the next two months. Signatures are coming from regions throughout the republic but the capital city's residents are the most active," he said.
We recall that the Ter-Petrosian-backed Nationwide Movement announced July 14 that the Armenian opposition had launched the collection of required signatures to sue Kocharian. Opposition representatives believe that the ex-president had personally ordered to ruthlessly put down mass protests by demonstrators who challenged the results of the February 19 presidential election on March 1.
During the post-election protests staged by Ter-Petrosian's supporters, 10 people were killed, 265 injured and over 100 arrested.
Musinian said the opposition had encountered some challenges during its campaign. "At times, citizens acting at the behest of the authorities come to put down their signatures with others' passports to make it possible to prove in the future that the signatures were forged, in a bid to stage a provocation," the spokesman said.
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