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PROSPEROUS ARMENIA WISHES TO USE HERITAGE LEADER'S TRUMP CARD - EXPERT
TERT.AM
14:03 ~U 26.02.13
The president of the Armenian Political Analysts' Union sees both
domestic and foreign policy motives behind the Prosperous Armenia
party's (PAP) Tuesday statement regarding the presidential election.
Hmayak Hovhannisyan believes that the PAP wishes to use the Heritage
party leader's high reputation as a trump card in its negotiations
with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
"With its recent statement, the PAP has placed a bid for raffling
off Heritage's factor, as it did once with the [opposition alliance]
Armenian National Congress. I mean it seeks to use Raffi Hovhannisian
as a trump card in its bargaining with the authorities," the expert
told Tert.am.
Hovhannisyan noted that the Heritage leader's success - as a major
opposition figure after the election - is largely due to Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's bitter experience. According to him, the irretrievable
losses suffered in the aftermath of the 2008 post-election protests
held by the first president and his political alliance served as a
good advantage for Prosperous Armenia.
Speaking of the foreign policy motives, Hovhannisyan said they are
linked with political challenges.
He expressed concerns that the Heritage party, whose leader placed the
second in the February 18 election, might have replaced Prosperous
Armenia, a pro-Russian political force which explicitly expressed
support to Armenia's Eurasian integration in the course of the
presidential campaign.
"That's to say, Raffi Hovhannisyan came to replace Gagik Tsarukyan,"
he said, noting that Serzh Sargsyan's Republican Party of Armenia is
a member of European People's Party, despite the president's repeated
statements that Russia remains Armenia's key ally.
Hovhannisyan noted that the PAP is the partner of Russia's leading
political force, United Russia.
"It is at this point that Russia cannot but have concerns over
the rotation. As well as over the fact that none of the Armenian
presidential runners, except the epic expert [Vardan Sedrakyan],
provided any positive highlights on the Eurasian Union problem in
his platform," Hovhannisyan added.
From: Baghdasarian
TERT.AM
14:03 ~U 26.02.13
The president of the Armenian Political Analysts' Union sees both
domestic and foreign policy motives behind the Prosperous Armenia
party's (PAP) Tuesday statement regarding the presidential election.
Hmayak Hovhannisyan believes that the PAP wishes to use the Heritage
party leader's high reputation as a trump card in its negotiations
with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
"With its recent statement, the PAP has placed a bid for raffling
off Heritage's factor, as it did once with the [opposition alliance]
Armenian National Congress. I mean it seeks to use Raffi Hovhannisian
as a trump card in its bargaining with the authorities," the expert
told Tert.am.
Hovhannisyan noted that the Heritage leader's success - as a major
opposition figure after the election - is largely due to Levon
Ter-Petrosyan's bitter experience. According to him, the irretrievable
losses suffered in the aftermath of the 2008 post-election protests
held by the first president and his political alliance served as a
good advantage for Prosperous Armenia.
Speaking of the foreign policy motives, Hovhannisyan said they are
linked with political challenges.
He expressed concerns that the Heritage party, whose leader placed the
second in the February 18 election, might have replaced Prosperous
Armenia, a pro-Russian political force which explicitly expressed
support to Armenia's Eurasian integration in the course of the
presidential campaign.
"That's to say, Raffi Hovhannisyan came to replace Gagik Tsarukyan,"
he said, noting that Serzh Sargsyan's Republican Party of Armenia is
a member of European People's Party, despite the president's repeated
statements that Russia remains Armenia's key ally.
Hovhannisyan noted that the PAP is the partner of Russia's leading
political force, United Russia.
"It is at this point that Russia cannot but have concerns over
the rotation. As well as over the fact that none of the Armenian
presidential runners, except the epic expert [Vardan Sedrakyan],
provided any positive highlights on the Eurasian Union problem in
his platform," Hovhannisyan added.
From: Baghdasarian