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Armenian opposition party has and will not discuss member's possible leaving
news.am
July 07, 2012 | 15:28
YEREVAN. - The question of Davit Shahnazaryan leaving the opposition
Armenian National Movement (ANM) Party is not discussed within the
Party, ANM Council Executive Secretary Vahagn Hayotsyan told Armenian
News-NEWS.am.
In his words, they do not expel people from the Party and there is no
issue of expelling Shahnazaryan from the ANM; such thing was not
discussed.
`He could be an ANM member, but not an [opposition Armenian National
Congress] ANC [bloc] member. Our party members are free [to make their
choices],' said Hayotsyan.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Davit Shahnazaryan left the
ANC, he told RFE/RL Armenian service on Thursday.
`I left the ANC Central Office in March, before the [May 6
parliamentary] elections, and my political career in ANC is over,'
Shahnazaryan said without telling the reason.
`As a result of the elections, the picture of Armenia's domestic
policy changed completely. Before the elections there was a bipolar
political system in Armenia - the government was on one side and the
opposition was on the other. After the elections a change occurred in
the opposition pole, where Prosperous Armenia Party took the place of
ANC and it calls itself an alternative force.
Besides, Prosperous Armenia - which stands atop the opposition
pyramid - has the same level of legitimacy as the Government, or maybe a
little bit lower, as it gave out bribes in a much more coordinated
manner than the [ruling] Republican Party of Armenia,' Shahnazaryan
mentioned.
news.am
July 07, 2012 | 15:28
YEREVAN. - The question of Davit Shahnazaryan leaving the opposition
Armenian National Movement (ANM) Party is not discussed within the
Party, ANM Council Executive Secretary Vahagn Hayotsyan told Armenian
News-NEWS.am.
In his words, they do not expel people from the Party and there is no
issue of expelling Shahnazaryan from the ANM; such thing was not
discussed.
`He could be an ANM member, but not an [opposition Armenian National
Congress] ANC [bloc] member. Our party members are free [to make their
choices],' said Hayotsyan.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Davit Shahnazaryan left the
ANC, he told RFE/RL Armenian service on Thursday.
`I left the ANC Central Office in March, before the [May 6
parliamentary] elections, and my political career in ANC is over,'
Shahnazaryan said without telling the reason.
`As a result of the elections, the picture of Armenia's domestic
policy changed completely. Before the elections there was a bipolar
political system in Armenia - the government was on one side and the
opposition was on the other. After the elections a change occurred in
the opposition pole, where Prosperous Armenia Party took the place of
ANC and it calls itself an alternative force.
Besides, Prosperous Armenia - which stands atop the opposition
pyramid - has the same level of legitimacy as the Government, or maybe a
little bit lower, as it gave out bribes in a much more coordinated
manner than the [ruling] Republican Party of Armenia,' Shahnazaryan
mentioned.