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NZHK LEADER: "POLITICAL DOMAIN RESEMBLES PARADOXES"
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/05/16/aram-karapetyan
07:08 pm | May 16, 2012 | Politics
The political domain of Armenia resembles a large collection of
paradoxes, Aram Karapetyan, Leader of the New Times Party (NZhK)
told a news conference on May 16.
"The first paradox is that political forces resorted to rhetoric
during the May 6 parliamentary elections, garnered enough votes
for parliamentary seats and are now forming a coalition with the
authorities," said the NZhK leader.
"Second, the more people leave the country, the deeper poverty gets
and the more people cast votes for the coalition parties.
"Third, the prime minister is against the country's involvement in
the Customs Union since Armenia does not have borders with the Union
member states. On the other hand, the premier is for the country's
membership to the European Union though we do not have borders with
the EU countries either.
"The forth paradox is that Armenia has a strong president, who heads
the executive body, a highly politicized parliament, prime minister
and ministers whereas in other countries, either the parliament is
strong and politicized or the president."Finally, they pledged to
break up the monopoly and form a new kind of legislature but the same
oligarchs were re-elected to parliament," he said.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/05/16/aram-karapetyan
07:08 pm | May 16, 2012 | Politics
The political domain of Armenia resembles a large collection of
paradoxes, Aram Karapetyan, Leader of the New Times Party (NZhK)
told a news conference on May 16.
"The first paradox is that political forces resorted to rhetoric
during the May 6 parliamentary elections, garnered enough votes
for parliamentary seats and are now forming a coalition with the
authorities," said the NZhK leader.
"Second, the more people leave the country, the deeper poverty gets
and the more people cast votes for the coalition parties.
"Third, the prime minister is against the country's involvement in
the Customs Union since Armenia does not have borders with the Union
member states. On the other hand, the premier is for the country's
membership to the European Union though we do not have borders with
the EU countries either.
"The forth paradox is that Armenia has a strong president, who heads
the executive body, a highly politicized parliament, prime minister
and ministers whereas in other countries, either the parliament is
strong and politicized or the president."Finally, they pledged to
break up the monopoly and form a new kind of legislature but the same
oligarchs were re-elected to parliament," he said.