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ALEXANDER ISKANDARIAN EXCLUDES DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AUTHORITIES AND LEVON TER-PETROSIAN OVER A POST
Noyan Tapan
April 2, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN. First Armenian President Levon
Ter-Petrosian, in difference to other participants of the presidential
race, did not seek to gain political dividends or to "to show off"
himself: his only goal was the president's post. Making such a
statement at the April 2 press conference, political scientist
Alexander Iskandarian said that therefore it is impossible to imagine
a dialogue between the authorities and L. Ter-Petrosian.
According to A. Iskandarian, Prime Minister Serge Sargsian,
naturally, will not wish to let the latter have the president's post,
and L. Ter-Petrosian, in his turn, will not agree to assume a post
of, for instance, a regional governor. Therefore, according to the
political scientist, in case of a dialogue a discussion on the subject
of the post will be inefficient and senseless, but instead it is
possible to negotiate over granting amnesty to arrested politicians
or the amendments made to the law On Mass Events, Rallies, Meetings,
Processions, Demonstrations.
As A. Iskandarian mentioned, political predictions will be more real
after the April 9 inauguration ceremony of S. Sargsian, when the
second stage of the political process will start. He said that if
the struggle continues, the authorities' step in response is clear,
while L. Ter-Petrosian's further steps are obscure.
Noyan Tapan
April 2, 2008
YEREVAN, APRIL 2, NOYAN TAPAN. First Armenian President Levon
Ter-Petrosian, in difference to other participants of the presidential
race, did not seek to gain political dividends or to "to show off"
himself: his only goal was the president's post. Making such a
statement at the April 2 press conference, political scientist
Alexander Iskandarian said that therefore it is impossible to imagine
a dialogue between the authorities and L. Ter-Petrosian.
According to A. Iskandarian, Prime Minister Serge Sargsian,
naturally, will not wish to let the latter have the president's post,
and L. Ter-Petrosian, in his turn, will not agree to assume a post
of, for instance, a regional governor. Therefore, according to the
political scientist, in case of a dialogue a discussion on the subject
of the post will be inefficient and senseless, but instead it is
possible to negotiate over granting amnesty to arrested politicians
or the amendments made to the law On Mass Events, Rallies, Meetings,
Processions, Demonstrations.
As A. Iskandarian mentioned, political predictions will be more real
after the April 9 inauguration ceremony of S. Sargsian, when the
second stage of the political process will start. He said that if
the struggle continues, the authorities' step in response is clear,
while L. Ter-Petrosian's further steps are obscure.