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NEGOTIATIONS TO DIVIDE POWER NOT SERIOUS, ARMENIAN MP SAYS
Tert.am
18.08.11
At his meeting with journalists August 18, the Armenian MP Vardan
Khachatryan voiced the opinion that "if the public views negotiations
as a means of dividing power between the Armenia's ruling coalition
and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), which is actually
the case now, I do not take it seriously."
According to him, the political developments suggest that the
authorities will not resort to snap elections, as, "the change
possible due to snap elections as pointed out by the ANC is nothing
but a revolutionary expression." "On the other hand, I cannot think
of the constitutional grounds for such a thing," Khachatryan added.
As regards the recent incident that involved ANC members and policemen,
he pointed out that it was one more proof for him that "police system
has retained the same conduct as in Soviet times." "The police go
on defending the authorities rather than citizens," Khachatryan
said. As to whether the Chief of Armenia's police can be trusted in
the context of preventing similar incidents in the future, he said:
"As Franklin Roosevelt would say: trusting police chiefs and judges
means being extremely naïve."
He pointed out the need for serious attitude to Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev's refusal to participate in the meeting of the CIS Heads
of State to be held in Dushanbe. "Originally, the CIS was being formed
with a tendency to disintegrate," he said.
Tert.am
18.08.11
At his meeting with journalists August 18, the Armenian MP Vardan
Khachatryan voiced the opinion that "if the public views negotiations
as a means of dividing power between the Armenia's ruling coalition
and the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), which is actually
the case now, I do not take it seriously."
According to him, the political developments suggest that the
authorities will not resort to snap elections, as, "the change
possible due to snap elections as pointed out by the ANC is nothing
but a revolutionary expression." "On the other hand, I cannot think
of the constitutional grounds for such a thing," Khachatryan added.
As regards the recent incident that involved ANC members and policemen,
he pointed out that it was one more proof for him that "police system
has retained the same conduct as in Soviet times." "The police go
on defending the authorities rather than citizens," Khachatryan
said. As to whether the Chief of Armenia's police can be trusted in
the context of preventing similar incidents in the future, he said:
"As Franklin Roosevelt would say: trusting police chiefs and judges
means being extremely naïve."
He pointed out the need for serious attitude to Azerbaijani President
Ilham Aliyev's refusal to participate in the meeting of the CIS Heads
of State to be held in Dushanbe. "Originally, the CIS was being formed
with a tendency to disintegrate," he said.