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BARGAVACH HAYASTAN STAYED INDIFFERENT TO BLACKMAIL
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http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country24071.html
Published: 12:23:55 - 04/11/2011
Member of Parliament Stepan Safaryan, Heritage parliamentary
group, commented on the recent series of resignations. He says the
Armenian government has assumed serious commitments to international
organizations to hold free and fair elections. According to Safaryan,
it is difficult to believe that the government which rules the country
in this manner can ensure voting through democratic methods.
All these processes are subjected to the memorandum of coalition.
According to him, the Bargavach Hayastan Party has displayed its
ability to get enough votes to be elected to the parliament. The
pre-election conflicts, according to him, will be resolved during the
elections, and no document can resolve this problem now. Safaryan says
the Republican threats against the Bargavach Hayastan Party during the
ANC-coalition dialogue in summer are not accidental. They threatened
that in case there was a deal between the ANC and the government, it
would be addressed to the Bargavach Hayastan Party. Safaryan thinks the
Bargavach Hayastan was able to remain indifferent to this blackmail.
Coming back to the resignations, the member of parliament says Serzh
Sargsyan is trying to make his team monolithic. "There is no internal
confidence that the election staff may work badly, so his son-in-law
was transferred there as a deputy of Hovik Abrahamyan, which has the
purpose of control," he says.
Stepan Safaryan noted that during Hovik Abrahamyan's tenure the
National Assembly sometimes displayed signs of life and independence,
therefore there could be lack of confidence in Hovik Abrahamyan.
The member of parliament said in Serzh Sargsyan's point of view,
in the last pre-election months the National Assembly cannot oppose
the government, vote down laws, as it was during Hovik Abrahamyan's
office. Therefore, he says, all the three possible candidates - Davit
Harutyunyan, Samvel Nikoyan, Galust Sahakyan - meet these requirements.
Commenting on the relation between all this and Robert Kocharyan,
Safaryan said in summer Kocharyan hinted at his likelihood to return.
"Some disagreement inside the Republican Party could be used by the
third force and some Republicans could appear in Kocharyan's team,
which worried Serzh Sargsyan. Sargsyan sent a message to all the
forces which could defect, and illustrated what could happen to them,"
the representative of the Heritage Party says.
Summing up, Safaryan said all these processes show that decisions
are made by one person and often in prejudice of the Constitution.
Safaryan also ruled out that the resignations are connected with the
demands of the Armenian National Congress.
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country24071.html
Published: 12:23:55 - 04/11/2011
Member of Parliament Stepan Safaryan, Heritage parliamentary
group, commented on the recent series of resignations. He says the
Armenian government has assumed serious commitments to international
organizations to hold free and fair elections. According to Safaryan,
it is difficult to believe that the government which rules the country
in this manner can ensure voting through democratic methods.
All these processes are subjected to the memorandum of coalition.
According to him, the Bargavach Hayastan Party has displayed its
ability to get enough votes to be elected to the parliament. The
pre-election conflicts, according to him, will be resolved during the
elections, and no document can resolve this problem now. Safaryan says
the Republican threats against the Bargavach Hayastan Party during the
ANC-coalition dialogue in summer are not accidental. They threatened
that in case there was a deal between the ANC and the government, it
would be addressed to the Bargavach Hayastan Party. Safaryan thinks the
Bargavach Hayastan was able to remain indifferent to this blackmail.
Coming back to the resignations, the member of parliament says Serzh
Sargsyan is trying to make his team monolithic. "There is no internal
confidence that the election staff may work badly, so his son-in-law
was transferred there as a deputy of Hovik Abrahamyan, which has the
purpose of control," he says.
Stepan Safaryan noted that during Hovik Abrahamyan's tenure the
National Assembly sometimes displayed signs of life and independence,
therefore there could be lack of confidence in Hovik Abrahamyan.
The member of parliament said in Serzh Sargsyan's point of view,
in the last pre-election months the National Assembly cannot oppose
the government, vote down laws, as it was during Hovik Abrahamyan's
office. Therefore, he says, all the three possible candidates - Davit
Harutyunyan, Samvel Nikoyan, Galust Sahakyan - meet these requirements.
Commenting on the relation between all this and Robert Kocharyan,
Safaryan said in summer Kocharyan hinted at his likelihood to return.
"Some disagreement inside the Republican Party could be used by the
third force and some Republicans could appear in Kocharyan's team,
which worried Serzh Sargsyan. Sargsyan sent a message to all the
forces which could defect, and illustrated what could happen to them,"
the representative of the Heritage Party says.
Summing up, Safaryan said all these processes show that decisions
are made by one person and often in prejudice of the Constitution.
Safaryan also ruled out that the resignations are connected with the
demands of the Armenian National Congress.