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HEAD OF CAUCASUS INSTITUTE: ARMENIA IS NEITHER SWITZERLAND NOR HOLLAND; AT THE SAME TIME IT IS NOT TURKMENISTAN, RUSSIA OR AZERBAIJAN
arminfo
Monday, November 14, 15:50
"The revolutionary changes that have occurred in Armenia as
a result of the latest resignations could not occur without
the president's consent; moreover, they were initiated by the
President's Administration, as only Serzh Sargsyan could initiate
this process", Head of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan
said to journalists.
To remind, Karen Karapetyan, who was elected mayor of Yerevan a
year ago, resigned in late October. Head of the Armenian Police
Alik Sargsyan was also dismissed. The latest resignation took
place November 1 evening, when Speaker of Armenian Parliament Hovik
Abrahamyan announced his intention to resign.
"But Armenia is neither Switzerland nor Holland. At the same time, it
is not Turkmenistan, Russia or Azerbaijan, where the serious problems
are resolved with a stroke of the pen. This is why a political fight
is going on now: the resigning people not always agree with these
decisions. In general, the personnel reshuffle in Armenia's leadership
is not at all accidental. It is part of a big plan on changing the
political elite, and this plan was composed after the presidential
election in 2008 and started being implemented a year ago", he said.
Iskandaryan qualified these developments as a process of removal of
oligarchy from the power and from the political decision-making.
According to the expert, the authorities are no longer fighting against
the opposition, they are fighting against the economic lobbyist groups
inside the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
Iskandaryan pointed out the role of the Armenian National Congress
in this process and said that this role will depend on the results
of the Armenian National Congress' participation in the parliamentary
election.
The parliamentary election in Armenia will be held in May 2012 and
the presidential election - Feb 2013.
arminfo
Monday, November 14, 15:50
"The revolutionary changes that have occurred in Armenia as
a result of the latest resignations could not occur without
the president's consent; moreover, they were initiated by the
President's Administration, as only Serzh Sargsyan could initiate
this process", Head of the Caucasus Institute Alexander Iskandaryan
said to journalists.
To remind, Karen Karapetyan, who was elected mayor of Yerevan a
year ago, resigned in late October. Head of the Armenian Police
Alik Sargsyan was also dismissed. The latest resignation took
place November 1 evening, when Speaker of Armenian Parliament Hovik
Abrahamyan announced his intention to resign.
"But Armenia is neither Switzerland nor Holland. At the same time, it
is not Turkmenistan, Russia or Azerbaijan, where the serious problems
are resolved with a stroke of the pen. This is why a political fight
is going on now: the resigning people not always agree with these
decisions. In general, the personnel reshuffle in Armenia's leadership
is not at all accidental. It is part of a big plan on changing the
political elite, and this plan was composed after the presidential
election in 2008 and started being implemented a year ago", he said.
Iskandaryan qualified these developments as a process of removal of
oligarchy from the power and from the political decision-making.
According to the expert, the authorities are no longer fighting against
the opposition, they are fighting against the economic lobbyist groups
inside the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
Iskandaryan pointed out the role of the Armenian National Congress
in this process and said that this role will depend on the results
of the Armenian National Congress' participation in the parliamentary
election.
The parliamentary election in Armenia will be held in May 2012 and
the presidential election - Feb 2013.