YEREVAN. - Head of Armenia’s Founding Parliament radical opposition group, Jirair Sefilian, who has been under arrested at Vardashen criminal-executive institution for over a month, disseminated another message Saturday.
The letter reads as follows:
“Dear people,
Today is the fourteenth day my supporters, the Sasna Tsrer group, have been continuing to resist at the expense of their lives, aiming to and hoping for the uprising through the unity of our people.
It should be clear for everyone that the members sacrifice themselves for the sake of our country and people, for the sake of the free, just, democratic and sovereign Armenian state.
It has been very hard for me to keep silence up to now, and not come up with various calls addressed to our people. I did this to prevent bloodshed and not create new obstacles for the possible negotiation process.
However, the reality is that Serzh Sargsyan has no intention to solve this complex problem through political negotiations.
Unfortunately, he has decided to choose the bloody path and the strategy of psychologically and morally exhausting and physically breaking the riotes who have already become our people’s favorites.
We have no right to make a mistake this time. We must assess the situation correctly and act correctly capitalizing on the current opportunity created thanks to the self sacrifice of our boys.
Therefore, to stop the daily bloodshed and prevent the bloody tragedy of the coming days and hours, I offer as a solution to reach the situation on the ground so that our people can exercise their right to peaceful assembly, physically standing as a human shield between the police and the territory of the police station.
Considering the polarization among the society deepening every day due to the efforts of the authorities, I hereby first of all urge our people, and only then the international community, to practically interfere using the solution offered by me or another effective solution which will be aimed at the peaceful solution of the issue and prevention of bloodshed. Otherwise, the bloodshed will inevitably result in the greater polarization among the society.
The realization of this proposal of mine definitely requires great efforts, [specifically] multiplication of the number of people twice or even four times. [Though this] we will thus demand the regime to choose the civilized path of accepting the people’s demands and sitting down at a negotiation table to reach the happy medium, where there should be no winners or losers; the solution must be only in favor of our people and country.
Welcoming and highly appreciating the people who have taken to the streets to support the riot launched since July 17, I urge part of our people which has not so far been involved in all this, specifically the population of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh, Javakhk Armenians, as well as the Armenians living abroad, to reach the Khorenatsi street which has become the center of political will of national revival.
Dear compatriots,
The moment is historical. Sansa Tsrer members have carried out their mission, and we have to make their self-sacrifice meaningful,”the letter reads.
