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ARMENIA'S EX-FM SEES THREE MAIN IMPEDIMENTS ON THE WAY OF DRASTIC CHANGES IN ARMENIA
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/26/oskanian-facebook/
26.11.12
Armenia's ex-FM, Prosperous Armenia party MP Vartan Oskanian has
presented three main obstacles impeding the sharp changes in the
country. In his Facebook post Oskanian says these impediments though
may be overcome.
Oskanian says the political field in Armenia is divided into two
poles. The one is the authorities wanting to reproduce itself which
means preservation of status quo, the other is the political parties
wanting systematic changes.
If there are two poles in the political field, there is only one in
the public. Only the relatives and friends of the authorities want
them to stay, the others want to see drastic changes.
A question raises - if the people want changes and there are political
forces able to guide them why it is impossible to reach the changes
through elections. Oskanian says he see three main obstacles:
1. Absence of hope and belief. Taking into consideration the 20
years of our independence and people's disappointment after every
elections, currently there is a serious challenge of being able to
revive the 1991 hope and belief among people.
2. Clashes of interests of political forces and disputes. The
political forces appeared in the pole of those wanting changes are
speaking about systematic changes but their approaches of doing them
differ. Besides, there is certain clash of interests in the processes
over each force's place and role.
3. Authorities' sources predicting the results of elections. New,
unexpected ways of resulting on the outcome of voting have been
imported at each poll. No matter how much the opposite force tries
to jointly prevent it, they have not succeeded in it till now.
Oskanian writes that despite these obstacles he thinks it is possible
to reach a sharp change in the situation. The key to it may be the
elimination of the second obstacle. "Taking into consideration the
first phase of our political consultations I see a certain prospect in
it. There is no dispute in two important issues - refusing the majority
system and making changes in the Electoral Code. As to passing to 100%
proportional representation, there are still disputes over it. But it
cannot be an impediment with one simple reason - it should be decided
by the people through a referendum and the political forces will
just give their consent to put the issue for a referendum till the
2017 parliamentary elections. And as far as we have already agreed
over the amendments in the Electoral Code with which the frauds
during elections and the referendum are excluded, thus as of the
moment, it will be senseless to argue over yielding or not yielding
to people's will. Little time has been left for the registration of
candidates so it will soon be clear what political adultery the two
poles will demonstrate to be able to take the country out of this
complicated situation and put it on the path of stable development,"
Oskanian wrote.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/11/26/oskanian-facebook/
26.11.12
Armenia's ex-FM, Prosperous Armenia party MP Vartan Oskanian has
presented three main obstacles impeding the sharp changes in the
country. In his Facebook post Oskanian says these impediments though
may be overcome.
Oskanian says the political field in Armenia is divided into two
poles. The one is the authorities wanting to reproduce itself which
means preservation of status quo, the other is the political parties
wanting systematic changes.
If there are two poles in the political field, there is only one in
the public. Only the relatives and friends of the authorities want
them to stay, the others want to see drastic changes.
A question raises - if the people want changes and there are political
forces able to guide them why it is impossible to reach the changes
through elections. Oskanian says he see three main obstacles:
1. Absence of hope and belief. Taking into consideration the 20
years of our independence and people's disappointment after every
elections, currently there is a serious challenge of being able to
revive the 1991 hope and belief among people.
2. Clashes of interests of political forces and disputes. The
political forces appeared in the pole of those wanting changes are
speaking about systematic changes but their approaches of doing them
differ. Besides, there is certain clash of interests in the processes
over each force's place and role.
3. Authorities' sources predicting the results of elections. New,
unexpected ways of resulting on the outcome of voting have been
imported at each poll. No matter how much the opposite force tries
to jointly prevent it, they have not succeeded in it till now.
Oskanian writes that despite these obstacles he thinks it is possible
to reach a sharp change in the situation. The key to it may be the
elimination of the second obstacle. "Taking into consideration the
first phase of our political consultations I see a certain prospect in
it. There is no dispute in two important issues - refusing the majority
system and making changes in the Electoral Code. As to passing to 100%
proportional representation, there are still disputes over it. But it
cannot be an impediment with one simple reason - it should be decided
by the people through a referendum and the political forces will
just give their consent to put the issue for a referendum till the
2017 parliamentary elections. And as far as we have already agreed
over the amendments in the Electoral Code with which the frauds
during elections and the referendum are excluded, thus as of the
moment, it will be senseless to argue over yielding or not yielding
to people's will. Little time has been left for the registration of
candidates so it will soon be clear what political adultery the two
poles will demonstrate to be able to take the country out of this
complicated situation and put it on the path of stable development,"
Oskanian wrote.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress