YEREVAN.- Head of opposition Heritage parliamentary faction Ruben Hakobyan said ten people killed during the March 1 events had not been dreaming about dying for Levon Ter-Petrosyan who left his supporters saying law enforcers could not ensure his safety.

Commenting on Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s remarks against Heritage party, Hakobyan said Armenia’s first president cannot forgive Raffi Hovannisian the April 9 actions with no victims or bloodshed.  

“Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech is an absolute manifestation of cynicism. Now he is a dissenter in the ranks of the opposition,” Hakobyan told reporters on Tuesday.

Representative of Heritage party stressed that opposition figures, having contacts to Heritage party, had not been invited to the founding congress of the Armenian National Congress headed by Levon Ter-Petrosyan. 

During the ANC congress, Ter-Petrosyan commented on not joining Heritage Party leader’s movement. “I should have joined to do what? Should I have joined so I could pray with [Police Chief] Vova [that is, Vladimir] Gasparyan [at the Armenian Genocide Memorial]? Lighting candles with Vova Gasparyan was not my childhood dream,” he said.

Armenian opposition did not recognize official results of the presidential election held on February 19, 2008. Leader of the opposition Levon Ter-Petrosyan organized rallies in the Liberty Square, in the center of Yerevan, which lasted until March 1. Thousands took to the streets demanding that official election results should be canceled. Ten people, including two law enforcers, became victims of confrontation.