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VICTORY OF GEORGIAN OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WITHIN INTERESTS OF ARMENIANS OF JAVAKHQ
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 15:49
Victory of the Georgian opposition represented by Bidzina Ivanishvili's
bloc Georgian Dream in the parliamentary elections in that country
is within the interests of the Armenians of Javakhq, David Rstakyan,
Head of Virk Party in Samtskhe-Javakheti, told ArmInfo.
He said that the election program of Ivanishivili's bloc contains
several provisions aimed to settle the problems of Javakhi Armenians.
Thus, Georgian Dream is going to provide more powers to the local
self- government in Javakhq, to provide $1 billion agricultural
subsidies, with 40% of the total amount of subsidies will be provided
to Javakhq. In addition, Rstakyan said that ivanishvili intends to
introduce dual citizenship in Georgia, so the Armenians in Georgia
can get also Armenian citizenship. Commenting on the opinion that if
Ivanishvili's bloc wins the elections, the foreign political vector
of Georgia will change and the country will become Russia-oriented,
Rstakyan said: "I have no such impression. Although Ivanishvili is
for improvement of relations with Russia, the priority of his foreign
policy is integration into Europe and NATO."
By preliminary data based on 20.74% of total votes or protocols from
781 polling stations out of 3766, the two leaders in the parliamentary
elections in Georgia are Georgian Dream - 53.89% of votes and the
ruling party United National Movement led by Mikheil Saakashvili -
41.01%. The other parties have not yet overcome the 5% threshold to
the parliament. The elections are especially interesting as after
the presidential election in 2013 in Georgia the political and public
system in the country will change and the parliament and the government
will receive much more powers.
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 15:49
Victory of the Georgian opposition represented by Bidzina Ivanishvili's
bloc Georgian Dream in the parliamentary elections in that country
is within the interests of the Armenians of Javakhq, David Rstakyan,
Head of Virk Party in Samtskhe-Javakheti, told ArmInfo.
He said that the election program of Ivanishivili's bloc contains
several provisions aimed to settle the problems of Javakhi Armenians.
Thus, Georgian Dream is going to provide more powers to the local
self- government in Javakhq, to provide $1 billion agricultural
subsidies, with 40% of the total amount of subsidies will be provided
to Javakhq. In addition, Rstakyan said that ivanishvili intends to
introduce dual citizenship in Georgia, so the Armenians in Georgia
can get also Armenian citizenship. Commenting on the opinion that if
Ivanishvili's bloc wins the elections, the foreign political vector
of Georgia will change and the country will become Russia-oriented,
Rstakyan said: "I have no such impression. Although Ivanishvili is
for improvement of relations with Russia, the priority of his foreign
policy is integration into Europe and NATO."
By preliminary data based on 20.74% of total votes or protocols from
781 polling stations out of 3766, the two leaders in the parliamentary
elections in Georgia are Georgian Dream - 53.89% of votes and the
ruling party United National Movement led by Mikheil Saakashvili -
41.01%. The other parties have not yet overcome the 5% threshold to
the parliament. The elections are especially interesting as after
the presidential election in 2013 in Georgia the political and public
system in the country will change and the parliament and the government
will receive much more powers.