Four areas Armenia's authorities have failed; explains HAK coordinator

There are four aspects Armenia’s ruling authorities have failed, coordinator of opposition movement Armenian National Congress (HAK) Levon Zurabyan told a press conference today.

The first failure refers to the authorities’ inability to resolve the political crisis sparked after the 2008 March 1 events over the disputed presidential elections.

“And that is the reason we hold rallies, and the people again take to the streets,” said he.

Armenia’s domestic political crisis, according to him, is being used also by some international powers to exert pressure on Armenia over the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

The next case that Armenia’s authorities have suffered a complete failure is what he called the “the hardest socio-economic situation” in Armenia caused by corruption.

“What has happened in Armenia is, in essence, the following: the leverages of the power, the power machine have been stolen by an organized gang and are being used for their enrichment,” he noted.

The next area Armenia’s authorities have proved to be unsuccessful is the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, while the forth one is the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

According to Mr Zurabyan, all except Armenia gained from the normalization process with Turkey.

As what concerns the Karabakh issue, he added that Azerbaijan is gradually increasing the pressure on Armenia, on OSCE Minsk Group and as a result it achieves what it pursues.

“These failures show that the authorities cannot give anything to the people. The situation is close to becoming disastrous, and naturally, on behalf of the HAK I am calling on all the people to stand up to this regime despite those sneaky methods used against the people,” said Levon Zurabyan.