Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Back to March 1, 2008- who said what?

The issue of March 1, 2008 is coming up again... The stance of most is well remembered. But a few folks made statements that are not remembered as often as those of others. So, voila...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT from CNN

Newscaster:
"In Armenia, at least 9 people now have died in clashes between police and opposition protesters. Outgoing president Robert Kocharyan has imposed a State of Emergency following 11 days of turmoil now. His decree bans mass gatherings and restricts news media to reporting only official information. Overnight violence left Yerevan's streets littered with burned vehicles. Riot police fired guns into the air. They also fired teargas canisters to disperse thousands of protesters. The government is denying the use of excessive force, though."

  Starting at 0:36, 
'Voice of Salpi Ghazarian 
Asst. To the Armenian Foreign Minister'

 "I'm telling you that the protesters, who, as you said, have been holding demonstrations now for 11 straight days were doing that. Today the authorities moved, uh, in because they thought that there were arms there and it turned out to be right. There has been some violence on the streets. We're convinced that this will come to an end soon and we are hoping that with that with the help of the international community the opposition, the leader of the opposition, will come and enter a political dialogue rather than continuing this debate on the street."

 CNN Newscaster continues:
"The protesters accuse the government of rigging last month's presidential election."

 END TRANSCRIPT

 See/hear the video for yourselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwfYGWW9Ng

For now at least, I will not bother to take this apart and explain what is problematic. Hopefully, its self explanatory.