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From: Giorgi Kandelaki (GKandelaki@sorosny.org)
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 11:47:42 EDT
MAJORITY LEADER IMPLICATES 'SUPERPOWERS' IN ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT
CRISIS. Galust Sahakian, who heads the majority Miasnutiun parliament
faction, on 13 June accused unnamed "superpowers" of orchestrating
the standoff within the legislature earlier this week between
opposition deputies who demanded a debate on impeaching President
Robert Kocharian and the majority that rejected that demand as
unfounded, RFE/RL's Yerevan bureau reported (see "RFE/RL Newsline,"
11, 12, and 13 June 2002). "They don't need stability in the South
Caucasus," Sahakian told journalists. "They can do what they want in
Georgia and Azerbaijan, but not in Armenia." Also on 13 June, Miasnik
Malkhasian of the Hayastan faction claimed that his faction managed
to "restrain" some pro-government deputies who tried on instructions
from the government to exacerbate tensions during the standoff. In a
13 June statement of support for Kocharian, the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun called on the president and
parliament to "remove the causes of the existing situation and
protect the country's authority against illegal actions." LF
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