Response of Coalition Government Parties
Artur Baghdasarian, leader of the Rule of Law party and former opposition leader who switched sides after the election, and Gagik Tsarukian, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party made a joint statement with Sarkisian where they blamed the deadly clashes on Ter-Petrosyan, claiming that they had been "methodically and cruelly" planned by Ter-Petrosyan beforehand as part of his plan to illegally seize power.
In a March 3 statement, the Dashnakstutyun defended the deadly use of force against thousands of Ter-Petrosyan supporters who demonstrated in Yerevan on March 1 and called the protest an attempted coup d'état.
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