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DOES SARGSYAN NEED OSKANIAN
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25361.html
Published: 20:40:56 - 06/03/2012
The ex-foreign minister Vardan Oskanian's membership to the Prosperous
Armenia Party forms a new layer in the political sphere of Armenia
which may be essential in further political developments.
By his membership Vardan Oskanian imparts the party known for charity
only with political image, as well as gives a political shape to his
attitudes to Karabakh and foreign policy.
Hence, the combination of the Prosperous Armenia Party and Vardan
Oskanian may be the basement for the emergence of a new opposition
to Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy. Earlier the Prosperous Armenia
Party abstained from expressing detailed opinions on the Karabakh
issue or any other foreign issue or development.
Vardan Oskanyan's membership means that the PAP will have to express
its opinion. And since Vardan Oskanian was one of the most ardent
critics of Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy in the past three-four
years, the PAP must become such unless Oskanian himself becomes
similar to the PAP in his approaches to foreign issues.
There has been no systemic and conceptial opposition to Serzh
Sargsyan's foreign policy. The opposition Armenian National Congress
adheres to the main or key concept by which Serzh Sargsyan launched
his foreign policy. The approach of the Armenian National Congress
or rather Levon Ter-Petrosyan to Karabakh and relations with Turkey
are in line with the policy conducted by Serzh Sargsyan.
There was a conceptual difference in the approaches of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun however the leaders of this political force drove
the political behavior of this party to the margin. To restore it,
the leaders of this party who shape its behavior must be replaced.
Similarly, the foreign political concept of the Heritage Party has
a weak political influence for the simple reason that the Heritage
Party has a weak political influence and does not meet the benchmark
of the systemic opposition an indicator of useful effect of which is
measured by the efforts to protects the rights of citizens.
Hence, Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy during his four years of
office has lacked a systemic and conceptial opposition. The poltiical
forces are unable to fill in this gap. At present, Vardan Oskanian
and Prosperous Armenia Party have such ambitions.
Will they succeed in something which the political forces failed to
do? Judging by the policy conducted during Vardan Oskanian's tenure,
expectations are not big since the policy will be implemented by the
party whose foreign policy has not been needed since 2006.
Now the Prosperous Armenia needs something political, and Serzh
Sargsyan needs an influential opposition to his foreign policy which
will be opposition in domestic issues and a resource of competition,
which cannot be ignored by the foreign political centers concerned
with the foreign issues of Armenia.
In the presence of such a system Serzh Sargsyan can maneuver among
the unpleasant proposals of Armenia and avoid pressure by referring
to the opposition.
Consequently, the tandem of the PAP and Vardan Oskanian may shape a
system, also with the help of Serzh Sargsyan, who needs an influential
system. In this context, Sargsyan may needs to ensure the domestic
dimension of the PAP, especially that this party has the relevant
resource. Ostensibly, it requires new agreements on the rules of
coexistence with changing geography. Apparently, this is the context
of the coalition statement of February 13 agreements on the rules of
the game which was followed by Oskanian's membership to the PAP.
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments25361.html
Published: 20:40:56 - 06/03/2012
The ex-foreign minister Vardan Oskanian's membership to the Prosperous
Armenia Party forms a new layer in the political sphere of Armenia
which may be essential in further political developments.
By his membership Vardan Oskanian imparts the party known for charity
only with political image, as well as gives a political shape to his
attitudes to Karabakh and foreign policy.
Hence, the combination of the Prosperous Armenia Party and Vardan
Oskanian may be the basement for the emergence of a new opposition
to Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy. Earlier the Prosperous Armenia
Party abstained from expressing detailed opinions on the Karabakh
issue or any other foreign issue or development.
Vardan Oskanyan's membership means that the PAP will have to express
its opinion. And since Vardan Oskanian was one of the most ardent
critics of Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy in the past three-four
years, the PAP must become such unless Oskanian himself becomes
similar to the PAP in his approaches to foreign issues.
There has been no systemic and conceptial opposition to Serzh
Sargsyan's foreign policy. The opposition Armenian National Congress
adheres to the main or key concept by which Serzh Sargsyan launched
his foreign policy. The approach of the Armenian National Congress
or rather Levon Ter-Petrosyan to Karabakh and relations with Turkey
are in line with the policy conducted by Serzh Sargsyan.
There was a conceptual difference in the approaches of the ARF
Dashnaktsutyun however the leaders of this political force drove
the political behavior of this party to the margin. To restore it,
the leaders of this party who shape its behavior must be replaced.
Similarly, the foreign political concept of the Heritage Party has
a weak political influence for the simple reason that the Heritage
Party has a weak political influence and does not meet the benchmark
of the systemic opposition an indicator of useful effect of which is
measured by the efforts to protects the rights of citizens.
Hence, Serzh Sargsyan's foreign policy during his four years of
office has lacked a systemic and conceptial opposition. The poltiical
forces are unable to fill in this gap. At present, Vardan Oskanian
and Prosperous Armenia Party have such ambitions.
Will they succeed in something which the political forces failed to
do? Judging by the policy conducted during Vardan Oskanian's tenure,
expectations are not big since the policy will be implemented by the
party whose foreign policy has not been needed since 2006.
Now the Prosperous Armenia needs something political, and Serzh
Sargsyan needs an influential opposition to his foreign policy which
will be opposition in domestic issues and a resource of competition,
which cannot be ignored by the foreign political centers concerned
with the foreign issues of Armenia.
In the presence of such a system Serzh Sargsyan can maneuver among
the unpleasant proposals of Armenia and avoid pressure by referring
to the opposition.
Consequently, the tandem of the PAP and Vardan Oskanian may shape a
system, also with the help of Serzh Sargsyan, who needs an influential
system. In this context, Sargsyan may needs to ensure the domestic
dimension of the PAP, especially that this party has the relevant
resource. Ostensibly, it requires new agreements on the rules of
coexistence with changing geography. Apparently, this is the context
of the coalition statement of February 13 agreements on the rules of
the game which was followed by Oskanian's membership to the PAP.