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04:25 pm | Today | Politics
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) will retain its
seats in parliament as a radical opposition, while the Heritage Party
[led by Raffi Hovannisian] is just 'kidding,' says Republican party
MP Hayk Babukhanyan.
"Raffi is seeking to become the candidate that will attract the West,
making the latter bet on him," he told a news conference on Friday.
Hayk Babukhanyan met journalists to say that during the 2013
presidential elections Serzh Sargsyan will be re-elected in the
first round.
"The opposition cannot field a joint candidate because of their
ambitions. Besides, none of the opposition candidates can achieve
success, so their main problem is to attract attention in the political
domain," said the Republican MP.
Hayk Babukhanyan also referred to the statement of the U.S. Ambassador
to Armenia, who expressed concerns about the National Assembly's
decision to strip [former foreign minister] Vartan Oskanian of his
parliamentary mandate and involve him in a controversial criminal
case as a defendant.
"The U.S. Ambassador [John Heffern] openly interferes in the internal
affairs of Armenia, trying to intervene in the investigation and
support a concrete person. He shows that Western bets are likely put
on Oskanian's case," said Babukhanyan.
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2012/10/12/hayk-babukhanyan
04:25 pm | Today | Politics
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) will retain its
seats in parliament as a radical opposition, while the Heritage Party
[led by Raffi Hovannisian] is just 'kidding,' says Republican party
MP Hayk Babukhanyan.
"Raffi is seeking to become the candidate that will attract the West,
making the latter bet on him," he told a news conference on Friday.
Hayk Babukhanyan met journalists to say that during the 2013
presidential elections Serzh Sargsyan will be re-elected in the
first round.
"The opposition cannot field a joint candidate because of their
ambitions. Besides, none of the opposition candidates can achieve
success, so their main problem is to attract attention in the political
domain," said the Republican MP.
Hayk Babukhanyan also referred to the statement of the U.S. Ambassador
to Armenia, who expressed concerns about the National Assembly's
decision to strip [former foreign minister] Vartan Oskanian of his
parliamentary mandate and involve him in a controversial criminal
case as a defendant.
"The U.S. Ambassador [John Heffern] openly interferes in the internal
affairs of Armenia, trying to intervene in the investigation and
support a concrete person. He shows that Western bets are likely put
on Oskanian's case," said Babukhanyan.
From: Baghdasarian