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    PARUYR HAYRIKIAN: THERE IS NO POLITICAL FIELD IN ARMENIA, AND ITS CREATION SHOULD BECOME A SUPERTASK OF POLITICAL FORCES

    Noyan Tapan
    Aug 16 2006

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. Prior to any election, parties
    have party-related notions, however, it becomes obvious on the
    eve of these elections that there are also concerns above narrow
    party interests. Chairman of the National Self-Determination Union
    Paruyr Hayrikian expressed this opinion during the round table "The
    Role of Ideological Parties in the 2007 Parliamentary Elections"
    on August 16. According to him, today "non-ideological groups" are
    penetrating the field of "ideological parties", and these groups become
    criminal groupings in the political field. In the speaker's opinion,
    the ideological parties should be able to put aside their personal
    political considerations and to struggle jointly. According to him,
    at the upcoming parliamentary elections, the political parties' task
    should be not securing certain seats for themselves but "gaining many
    seats with the others as a counterbalance to criminal elements with
    their criminal mentality." "There is no political field in Armenia,
    and its creation should become a supertask of all political forces,"
    P. Hayrikian said. In the opinion of Stepan Zakarian, member of the
    People's Party of Armenia, "the Constitution that did not receive the
    people's votes but was "adopted" is dictating new rules today." He
    noted that the 2007 parliamentary elections are more important than
    the previous ones, as under the Constitution currently in force, new
    powers are given to the prime minister and the National Assembly. In
    his words, "if previously the President was the master of everything
    and there was no need for new parties", now the sitaition has changed,
    which is evident from the fact that new parties are being formed. Mher
    Shahgaldian, member of Orinats Yerkir Party, in his turn said that
    during parliamentary elections, struggle should be conducted around
    particular ideas and programs rather than in the interests of political
    and nonpolitical groups.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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