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ARMENIA'S EDUCATION MINISTER FINDS CONTRADICTIONS IN KOCHARYAN'S INTERVIEWS
TERT.AM
15:54 ~U 15.01.13
Deputy leader of Republican party of Armenia, Education and Science
Minister Armen Ashotyan has noticed three contradictions in today's
and 2011 interviews of Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan.
In the earlier interview Kocharyan presented three reasons why he
would run for presidency and in today's three reasons why he has not.
Ashotyan quoted the earlier interview where Kocharyan said in case
of three factors he would run for presidency. The first one was the
absence of improvement of country's economic situation and people's
welfare that result in low moods and increase of emigration. The
second factor was the public's demand of his return and the third
his own conviction to be able to radically improve the situation.
"It appears that the real causes of unwillingness to run were not
the ones he enumerated today but two years ago," the minister said.
In his today's interview Robert Kocharyan singled out three reasons
why he has decided not to run for presidency. First, the fight for
power between two natives of Karabakh, longtime companions, was
unacceptable for him. It would make it difficult for many people to
make a choice and would become a topic for various speculations.
Besides, Robert Kocharyan himself preferred the incumbent President,
Serzh Sargsyan, as his successor, and his desire to run for the second
term is understandable.
Secondly, he wouldn't like to be involved in creating a format of
"three presidents" fighting for power, which is extremely unpleasant,
and, according to Mr Kocharyan, harmful to the country.
Thirdly, the search for a political compromise in Armenia has turned
into political horse trading. This is not what he would like to spend
his time, knowledge and experience on.
From: Baghdasarian
TERT.AM
15:54 ~U 15.01.13
Deputy leader of Republican party of Armenia, Education and Science
Minister Armen Ashotyan has noticed three contradictions in today's
and 2011 interviews of Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan.
In the earlier interview Kocharyan presented three reasons why he
would run for presidency and in today's three reasons why he has not.
Ashotyan quoted the earlier interview where Kocharyan said in case
of three factors he would run for presidency. The first one was the
absence of improvement of country's economic situation and people's
welfare that result in low moods and increase of emigration. The
second factor was the public's demand of his return and the third
his own conviction to be able to radically improve the situation.
"It appears that the real causes of unwillingness to run were not
the ones he enumerated today but two years ago," the minister said.
In his today's interview Robert Kocharyan singled out three reasons
why he has decided not to run for presidency. First, the fight for
power between two natives of Karabakh, longtime companions, was
unacceptable for him. It would make it difficult for many people to
make a choice and would become a topic for various speculations.
Besides, Robert Kocharyan himself preferred the incumbent President,
Serzh Sargsyan, as his successor, and his desire to run for the second
term is understandable.
Secondly, he wouldn't like to be involved in creating a format of
"three presidents" fighting for power, which is extremely unpleasant,
and, according to Mr Kocharyan, harmful to the country.
Thirdly, the search for a political compromise in Armenia has turned
into political horse trading. This is not what he would like to spend
his time, knowledge and experience on.
From: Baghdasarian