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PAP RUNS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26026.html
Published: 21:43:04 - 02/05/2012
Naira Zohrabyan who is responsible for the campaign of Prosperous
Armenia Party responded to the allegation that the Prosperous
Armenia Party voted for the Election Code while now it applies to
the Constitutional Court to dispute its constitutionality.
Together with the ARF-D and the Congress the Prosperous Armenia
disputes the EC provision which prohibits publication of the lists
after the voting.
"The PAP could not imagine that the voters' list would be so outrageous
so yes, now it is an imperative to publish the list," Naira Zohrabyan
told Tert.am.
It is not convincing that the PAP could not imagine. The party
is not new to the Armenian political life, and the technology of
irregularities in voters' register is not new to this life which the
government uses to ensure additional votes.
Moreover, the ingenuous statements about the voters' register should
have been finally cancelled when the assumption of voting of 500,000
dead people was set forth. At least it should not give the PAP
a surprise.
On the other hand, it is possible that the Republicans and the PAP
were reassured that this practice will not repeat and they remove
this technology from the electoral mechanism. It turns out that the
Republicans misled the PAP. Is the Prosperous Armenia so ingenuous?
Is it? Most probably, the agreement was breached. When the election
code was discussed, the PAP had a certain agreement with the
Republicans which was satisfactory for the party, therefore the
Election Code was approved by the PAP.
Now the agreement has been violated, and the PAP is trying to hit back
to the Republicans through its application to the Constitutional Court.
Or maybe the PAP violates the agreement? Or more exactly, there was no
agreement and the PAP was weak and met the demand of the Republicans
and now feels the power to oppose to the Republicans and set forth
its own demands.
After all, the PAP signed the capitulation of February 17 in that
period which it later rejected de facto.
It is not ruled out that the Prosperous Armenia delayed the possible
conflict with the Republicans until possibly closer to the voting
day when the Republicans will have less time and will have to make
a compromise.
Therefore, the Prosperous Armenia Party tried to meet the demands
of the Republicans - signed a memorandum, voted for the Election
Code - but now it rejects them one after another, planning that the
Republicans do not have enough time to organize confrontation and
the possibility of compromise is high.
It is not ruled out that the PAP's behavior was determined by the
expectation of Robert Kocharyan's support. It is possible that months
ago Kocharyan had not made up his mind regarding the parliamentary
election, and Gagik Tsarukyan, standing alone in front of Serzh
Sargsyan, did not want to run the risk and voted so as to please
Sargsyan.
Later when he identified his plans and came closer to the process
by means of Vartan Oskanian, Gagik Tsarukyan's risk of confrontation
diminished, and he tred to disobey the Republicans.
The Constitutional Court appointed the discussion of the PAP
application on May 5. The procedure is that even if the court decides
that the provision is unconstitutional, it will not be an obstacle
for the Republican Party on May 6 because after the decision of
the Constitutional Court the law must go through the parliament for
amendments. In other words, the PAP demand is psychological and is
meant to persuade the society that the party has seriously stood up
against the Republicans.
At the same time, the situation is more subtle and multifold than
it may seem. In the long run, the parliamentary election will leave
a psychological impact on the political process rather than a legal
and political influence. It is clear to everyone that the status quo
after the parliamentary election will not reflect the real public
mood and picture, even if it changes compared with now.
The PAP understands it. Consequently, for the PAP it is more important
to have psychological success before the presidential election in 2013.
Therefore, the PAP needs to defeat the Republicans but the minimum
optimal problem is to win psychologically, at least by again ceding
absolute majority to the Republicans, influencing public consciousness
to create for itself the image of a real opposition force. Of course,
the PAP must rule out a new coalition with the Republicans. But
thus the PAP will try to form a better platform for the presidential
election than for the parliamentary election.
In this sense, the PAP needs the decision of the Constitutional
Court ahead of the presidential election.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26026.html
Published: 21:43:04 - 02/05/2012
Naira Zohrabyan who is responsible for the campaign of Prosperous
Armenia Party responded to the allegation that the Prosperous
Armenia Party voted for the Election Code while now it applies to
the Constitutional Court to dispute its constitutionality.
Together with the ARF-D and the Congress the Prosperous Armenia
disputes the EC provision which prohibits publication of the lists
after the voting.
"The PAP could not imagine that the voters' list would be so outrageous
so yes, now it is an imperative to publish the list," Naira Zohrabyan
told Tert.am.
It is not convincing that the PAP could not imagine. The party
is not new to the Armenian political life, and the technology of
irregularities in voters' register is not new to this life which the
government uses to ensure additional votes.
Moreover, the ingenuous statements about the voters' register should
have been finally cancelled when the assumption of voting of 500,000
dead people was set forth. At least it should not give the PAP
a surprise.
On the other hand, it is possible that the Republicans and the PAP
were reassured that this practice will not repeat and they remove
this technology from the electoral mechanism. It turns out that the
Republicans misled the PAP. Is the Prosperous Armenia so ingenuous?
Is it? Most probably, the agreement was breached. When the election
code was discussed, the PAP had a certain agreement with the
Republicans which was satisfactory for the party, therefore the
Election Code was approved by the PAP.
Now the agreement has been violated, and the PAP is trying to hit back
to the Republicans through its application to the Constitutional Court.
Or maybe the PAP violates the agreement? Or more exactly, there was no
agreement and the PAP was weak and met the demand of the Republicans
and now feels the power to oppose to the Republicans and set forth
its own demands.
After all, the PAP signed the capitulation of February 17 in that
period which it later rejected de facto.
It is not ruled out that the Prosperous Armenia delayed the possible
conflict with the Republicans until possibly closer to the voting
day when the Republicans will have less time and will have to make
a compromise.
Therefore, the Prosperous Armenia Party tried to meet the demands
of the Republicans - signed a memorandum, voted for the Election
Code - but now it rejects them one after another, planning that the
Republicans do not have enough time to organize confrontation and
the possibility of compromise is high.
It is not ruled out that the PAP's behavior was determined by the
expectation of Robert Kocharyan's support. It is possible that months
ago Kocharyan had not made up his mind regarding the parliamentary
election, and Gagik Tsarukyan, standing alone in front of Serzh
Sargsyan, did not want to run the risk and voted so as to please
Sargsyan.
Later when he identified his plans and came closer to the process
by means of Vartan Oskanian, Gagik Tsarukyan's risk of confrontation
diminished, and he tred to disobey the Republicans.
The Constitutional Court appointed the discussion of the PAP
application on May 5. The procedure is that even if the court decides
that the provision is unconstitutional, it will not be an obstacle
for the Republican Party on May 6 because after the decision of
the Constitutional Court the law must go through the parliament for
amendments. In other words, the PAP demand is psychological and is
meant to persuade the society that the party has seriously stood up
against the Republicans.
At the same time, the situation is more subtle and multifold than
it may seem. In the long run, the parliamentary election will leave
a psychological impact on the political process rather than a legal
and political influence. It is clear to everyone that the status quo
after the parliamentary election will not reflect the real public
mood and picture, even if it changes compared with now.
The PAP understands it. Consequently, for the PAP it is more important
to have psychological success before the presidential election in 2013.
Therefore, the PAP needs to defeat the Republicans but the minimum
optimal problem is to win psychologically, at least by again ceding
absolute majority to the Republicans, influencing public consciousness
to create for itself the image of a real opposition force. Of course,
the PAP must rule out a new coalition with the Republicans. But
thus the PAP will try to form a better platform for the presidential
election than for the parliamentary election.
In this sense, the PAP needs the decision of the Constitutional
Court ahead of the presidential election.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress