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ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENT'S IDEA 'TOO LATE' - EXPERT
TERT.AM
19:09 ~U 07.02.13
Armenia's first president, leader of the opposition bloc Armenian
National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan's idea of transforming
the ANC into a united party is "too late," political scientist Manvel
Sargsyan told Tert.am.
A large-scale popular movement, the ANC has actually carried out
political activities as a party in recent years, he said.
"That would cause problems within this amorphous body, which we have
witnessed during the last year. They have arrived at the conclusion
that they had to specify the party's further activities," Mr Sargsyan
said.
"For years we have had a rather obscure political force, which have
seemed to a party but has repeatedly attempted to pose a different
structure. It is now unclear what the ANC is in terms of ideology and
purposes. I have got acquainted with the views of some of ANC members,
which appear to be vague. It is natural that the ones agreeing will
remain if a party is formed," he said.
Whether a party pursing the social-liberalistic ideology can be formed
in Armenia "to bring the economic system in harmony with the people's
social demands within the state's moderate control," Mr Sargsyan said:
"No problem if an attempt is made to create such a clarified ideology.
However, people are better informed of social-liberal and
liberal-democratic ideologies. So they should be able to clearly show
what social liberalism actually is," the expert said.
TERT.AM
19:09 ~U 07.02.13
Armenia's first president, leader of the opposition bloc Armenian
National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrosyan's idea of transforming
the ANC into a united party is "too late," political scientist Manvel
Sargsyan told Tert.am.
A large-scale popular movement, the ANC has actually carried out
political activities as a party in recent years, he said.
"That would cause problems within this amorphous body, which we have
witnessed during the last year. They have arrived at the conclusion
that they had to specify the party's further activities," Mr Sargsyan
said.
"For years we have had a rather obscure political force, which have
seemed to a party but has repeatedly attempted to pose a different
structure. It is now unclear what the ANC is in terms of ideology and
purposes. I have got acquainted with the views of some of ANC members,
which appear to be vague. It is natural that the ones agreeing will
remain if a party is formed," he said.
Whether a party pursing the social-liberalistic ideology can be formed
in Armenia "to bring the economic system in harmony with the people's
social demands within the state's moderate control," Mr Sargsyan said:
"No problem if an attempt is made to create such a clarified ideology.
However, people are better informed of social-liberal and
liberal-democratic ideologies. So they should be able to clearly show
what social liberalism actually is," the expert said.