Anti-Ter-Petrossian Propaganda & Beatings

Both Nazarian and Unzipped are alarmed by the beating of youth distributing Levon Ter-Petrossian pre-election campaign leaflets in Yerevan. At the same time, other leaflets accusing the former president of treason due to what many consider to be a concessionary position on resolution of the Karabakh conflict are being handed out on university campuses.

Just received a call from very close person of mine. The way she described the situation in Yerevan sounds very disturbing, indeed. According to her, at least in Yerevan State Pedagogical University - and I assume in others too - there were lots of leaflets everywhere this morning accusing former president and presidential hopeful Levon Ter-Petrosyan in being “traitor” who will “sell our country” and urging people not to attend his tomorrow’s rally in a central Yerevan.

Meanwhile, new reports on violence against Ter-Petrosyan supporters came out this morning suggesting that at least three of his supporters were beaten (one seriously) overnight for distributing leaflets on upcoming rally in one of the Yerevan districts by people allegedly connected with a local campaign manager of prime minister Serj Sargsyan.