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ARMENIA'S FIRST PRESIDENT 'IN THE HABIT OF GOING DOWN' - VICTOR SOGHOMONYAN
Tert.am
05.03.12
One completely lack in common sense if he claims Armenia's second
president Robert Kocharyan is a "sunken ship," said Victor Soghomonyan,
Head of Mr Kocharyan's office.
In response to Mediamax (http://www.mediamax.am), Soghomonyan commented
on Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement at the
latest rally by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
"I am not going into lengthy explanations. Robert Kocharyan's
activities are a common knowledge: from the victory in the Karabakh
war to Armenia's rapid economic development. Robert Kocharyan has
never lost elections - either in the NKR or in the Republic of
Armenia. For the present, he is the only Armenian president that
held the post for two presidential terms with tangible (more and more
tangible) success. It's not clear what kind of "sinking" is meant,"
Soghomonyan said.
However, this metaphor of Ter-Petrosyan, which is obviously a poor
one, should be used in a new way, with the personality of its author
considered. In the context of this metaphor, Ter-Petrosyan's political
biography shows him to be "in the habit of going down." He "went down"
back in 1996 when he was an ignominious failure at the elections. In
1998, he had to "go down" to the bottom of politics with a brand of a
betrayer of national interests. He had been "gone down" for ten years.
Thereafter, he "went down" twice in 2008 - in the presidential
election and, later, in the Yerevan Mayor election, when he lost
to Gagik Beglaryan. It seems he just cannot continue "going down"
because he reached the bottom long ago, Soghomonyan said.
Tert.am
05.03.12
One completely lack in common sense if he claims Armenia's second
president Robert Kocharyan is a "sunken ship," said Victor Soghomonyan,
Head of Mr Kocharyan's office.
In response to Mediamax (http://www.mediamax.am), Soghomonyan commented
on Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's statement at the
latest rally by the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).
"I am not going into lengthy explanations. Robert Kocharyan's
activities are a common knowledge: from the victory in the Karabakh
war to Armenia's rapid economic development. Robert Kocharyan has
never lost elections - either in the NKR or in the Republic of
Armenia. For the present, he is the only Armenian president that
held the post for two presidential terms with tangible (more and more
tangible) success. It's not clear what kind of "sinking" is meant,"
Soghomonyan said.
However, this metaphor of Ter-Petrosyan, which is obviously a poor
one, should be used in a new way, with the personality of its author
considered. In the context of this metaphor, Ter-Petrosyan's political
biography shows him to be "in the habit of going down." He "went down"
back in 1996 when he was an ignominious failure at the elections. In
1998, he had to "go down" to the bottom of politics with a brand of a
betrayer of national interests. He had been "gone down" for ten years.
Thereafter, he "went down" twice in 2008 - in the presidential
election and, later, in the Yerevan Mayor election, when he lost
to Gagik Beglaryan. It seems he just cannot continue "going down"
because he reached the bottom long ago, Soghomonyan said.