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Multi-party Armenian - 3
December 21 2013
Today, it is already obvious that the parties of Armenia, which do not
have some kind of material resources, do not withstand the competition
and very quickly disappear from the view. By saying a political arena,
first of all, we mean the number of seats in the National Assembly
occupied by the political parties. Even the Rule of Law party, which
has some the material resources, some leverage and some work
experience, is retaining its place in the political arena of Armenia
with difficulty. Today, it's hard to imagine what place the Republican
Party of Armenia would have in the internal political arena, if it
were not the ruling party. The exception is the opposition parties,
which, in the absence of financial resources and leverage, manage to
penetrate into the National Assembly and stay afloat. And that is why,
nowadays, a hot battle is going on between the opposition,
semi-opposition and allegedly opposition parties of Armenia to win No.
1 opposition laurel, because it is only possible to obtain the votes
of discontented electorates through appearing as a strong opposition
in the eyes of people. And, even in case of appearing as a strong
opposition, it is necessary to have some financial leverage not for
the election bribery, but at least to cover the minimum expenses of
the election campaign. And, on the contrary, even in case of having
financial and various leverage, it is necessary to have an opposition
stance to some extent, because seizing government votes from the
government is almost impossible, and it is more than possible from the
opposition. And, in this case, it would be more than necessary to
have, if not a stance of a radical opposition, at least an alternative
stance, and this `alternative' expression refers only and solely to
Tsarukyan's PAP party, because there has been no other alternative
party in Armenia except PAP and could hardly ever be in the future.
And, I think that this alternative is quite a novelty and innovation
in the scale of the whole world. And, this innovation stems not from
the innovation tendencies of PAP, but from the unique internal
political situation in Armenia, as well as from Tsarukyan's personal
relationship, and from the complexity of these relations. And, here,
we can immediately pass to man-parties topic, but before doing it, we
should address the PAP and its pretty speedy biography more
thoroughly, because to talk about the establishment of parties in
Armenia and their activities, and to forget talking about the PAP and
the phenomenon of Tsarukyan, in person, is not only unfair, but also
impossible. Currently, PAP is so eminent and visible that many are
already beginning to forget that this Party was founded by the desire
and awareness of the second President of Armenia Kocharyan. But, some
of those remembering it are convinced that this Party, once being
founded by the desire and awareness of the second President of Armenia
Kocharyan, is somewhat beyond the second President Robert Kocharyan `s
sphere of influence. Some might recall that in last years of
Kocharyan's ruling Artashes Tumanyan, who was then the Chief of
Presidential Staff, had an intention to found a party, and even the
party's platform was published in one of the newspapers. But, quite
surprisingly, the idea of the Party remained on paper and did not
happen, and, erelong, Tsarukyan's party was surprisingly founded. We
do not connect the suspension of one party with the establishment of
the other party just due to the absence of specific and comprehensive
information. Anyway. PAP exists and continues to prosper by making its
alternative existence more and more noticeable in Armenia's internal
political arena.
Voskan YEREVANTSI
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/12/21/163124/
December 21 2013
Today, it is already obvious that the parties of Armenia, which do not
have some kind of material resources, do not withstand the competition
and very quickly disappear from the view. By saying a political arena,
first of all, we mean the number of seats in the National Assembly
occupied by the political parties. Even the Rule of Law party, which
has some the material resources, some leverage and some work
experience, is retaining its place in the political arena of Armenia
with difficulty. Today, it's hard to imagine what place the Republican
Party of Armenia would have in the internal political arena, if it
were not the ruling party. The exception is the opposition parties,
which, in the absence of financial resources and leverage, manage to
penetrate into the National Assembly and stay afloat. And that is why,
nowadays, a hot battle is going on between the opposition,
semi-opposition and allegedly opposition parties of Armenia to win No.
1 opposition laurel, because it is only possible to obtain the votes
of discontented electorates through appearing as a strong opposition
in the eyes of people. And, even in case of appearing as a strong
opposition, it is necessary to have some financial leverage not for
the election bribery, but at least to cover the minimum expenses of
the election campaign. And, on the contrary, even in case of having
financial and various leverage, it is necessary to have an opposition
stance to some extent, because seizing government votes from the
government is almost impossible, and it is more than possible from the
opposition. And, in this case, it would be more than necessary to
have, if not a stance of a radical opposition, at least an alternative
stance, and this `alternative' expression refers only and solely to
Tsarukyan's PAP party, because there has been no other alternative
party in Armenia except PAP and could hardly ever be in the future.
And, I think that this alternative is quite a novelty and innovation
in the scale of the whole world. And, this innovation stems not from
the innovation tendencies of PAP, but from the unique internal
political situation in Armenia, as well as from Tsarukyan's personal
relationship, and from the complexity of these relations. And, here,
we can immediately pass to man-parties topic, but before doing it, we
should address the PAP and its pretty speedy biography more
thoroughly, because to talk about the establishment of parties in
Armenia and their activities, and to forget talking about the PAP and
the phenomenon of Tsarukyan, in person, is not only unfair, but also
impossible. Currently, PAP is so eminent and visible that many are
already beginning to forget that this Party was founded by the desire
and awareness of the second President of Armenia Kocharyan. But, some
of those remembering it are convinced that this Party, once being
founded by the desire and awareness of the second President of Armenia
Kocharyan, is somewhat beyond the second President Robert Kocharyan `s
sphere of influence. Some might recall that in last years of
Kocharyan's ruling Artashes Tumanyan, who was then the Chief of
Presidential Staff, had an intention to found a party, and even the
party's platform was published in one of the newspapers. But, quite
surprisingly, the idea of the Party remained on paper and did not
happen, and, erelong, Tsarukyan's party was surprisingly founded. We
do not connect the suspension of one party with the establishment of
the other party just due to the absence of specific and comprehensive
information. Anyway. PAP exists and continues to prosper by making its
alternative existence more and more noticeable in Armenia's internal
political arena.
Voskan YEREVANTSI
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/12/21/163124/