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OPPOSITIONIST: ARMENIAN CEC SHOULD NOT ADMIT APPLICATIONS BY PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER FOR PARTICIPATION IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
arminfo
Thursday, January 26, 16:41
The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia should not admit
applications by Gagik Tsarukyan, Leader of the Prosperous Armenia
Party, for participation in the parliamentary elections, Karine
Hakobyan, Secretary of the Heritage Party Board, told media on Jan 26.
"If Serzh Sargsyan intends to separate business from the parliament,
he must prevent oligarchs from elections, and Tsarukyan is one
of them. Participation of the Prosperous Armenia leader and other
businessmen in the elections will testify to the insincerity of the
president," Hakobyan said. Welcoming the 100% proportional electoral
system, the parliamentarian said that even the proportional system
of election will not remove oligarchs from the parliament. However,
it will help developing democracy in the country. Hakobyan said that
she sees no difference between the Prosperous Armenia Party and the
ruling Republican Party of Armenia, since they have no ideological
discrepancies. "I am against coalition memorandums. The country has
such experience and it is disastrous. The goal of all the coalition
parties is to stay in power to continue their no so correct activity,"
she said.
The parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for May 6 2012,
the presidential election for Feb 2013.
From: Baghdasarian
arminfo
Thursday, January 26, 16:41
The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia should not admit
applications by Gagik Tsarukyan, Leader of the Prosperous Armenia
Party, for participation in the parliamentary elections, Karine
Hakobyan, Secretary of the Heritage Party Board, told media on Jan 26.
"If Serzh Sargsyan intends to separate business from the parliament,
he must prevent oligarchs from elections, and Tsarukyan is one
of them. Participation of the Prosperous Armenia leader and other
businessmen in the elections will testify to the insincerity of the
president," Hakobyan said. Welcoming the 100% proportional electoral
system, the parliamentarian said that even the proportional system
of election will not remove oligarchs from the parliament. However,
it will help developing democracy in the country. Hakobyan said that
she sees no difference between the Prosperous Armenia Party and the
ruling Republican Party of Armenia, since they have no ideological
discrepancies. "I am against coalition memorandums. The country has
such experience and it is disastrous. The goal of all the coalition
parties is to stay in power to continue their no so correct activity,"
she said.
The parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for May 6 2012,
the presidential election for Feb 2013.
From: Baghdasarian