Ter Petrosian Rallies in Yerevan?
RFE/RL reports that former President Levon Ter Petrosian will possibly “hold one or more rallies in Yerevan” this month or next before deciding whether to stand in next year’s presidential election. The news follows Ter Petrosian’s first major speech made since resigning from office in 1998.
“Not one but two or probably three rallies are planned,” said Rafael Ghazarian, an elderly academic who was, along with Ter-Petrosian, one of the members of the Karabakh Committee that led the 1988 movement for Nagorno-Karabakh’s unification with Armenia.
“Until he meets and addresses the masses and hears their reaction, he won’t make a decision. He will try to talk to the popular masses. Unfortunately, the only means [of struggle] is rallies because they won’t let him talk on any TV channel,” he told RFE/RL, adding that the rallies will be held in late October or early November.
The full post is available on the 2008 Presidential Election Monitor Blog.
