ARF Western US Central Committee Chair Comments of Armenia Developments
June 23, 2015
ARF Western US Central Committee Chairman Dr. Viken Hovsepian
GLENDALE””The dramatic movement against the raising of electricity rates in Armenia that is engulfing the streets of Yerevan during the past 48 hours has had its reverberations in the Diaspora, especially within the Greater Los Angeles Armenian community.
The fast-paced events, which included a violent dispersion of protesters early Tuesday morning by Armenia’s police force, which used water cannons and brute force, has also earned the condemnation of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, which issued an announcement Tuesday calling those tactics unacceptable.
Asbarez contacted the chairman of the ARF Western US Central Committee, Dr. Viken Hovsepian, who explained what the party and community must do in the face of the growing movement in Armenia.
“We are impressed by the maturity and the leadership of the initiators of this civic movement. The mode of operation that they have adopted and their approaches instill confidence that their future steps and decisions will be guided by the notion of protecting the interests of the people and the homeland,”
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