Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Vote 2012: Second week of campaigning brings news of violence amid calls for political tolerance

Armenia's president and head of the ruling Republican Party (RPA) has issued another call for tolerance amid more reports of violence in Yerevan against some opposition campaigners.

Speaking to voters in a southern Armenian province on Tuesday Serzh Sargsyan said that "Armenians have no right to form ranks against each other."

"We [the RPA] will continue to strive for an atmosphere of cooperation and oppose any manifestation of discord. We cannot afford the luxury of drawing dividing lines. We have overcome one such reality and must not allow a repetition of that," said Sargsyan on the second day of his working visit to Syunik, in a clear reference to the violent post-election clashes of 2008 in which ten people were killed and several hundred were injured.

Armenian News

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