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ARMENIAN RULING PARTY COMMENTS ON SECOND PRESIDENT'S OPINION
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January 15, 2013 | 16:36
Every politician, former president or a citizen of Armenia decides
for himself to put his candidacy in the elections, after consulting
with his team said the spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party
of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov in a conversation with Armenian
News-NEWS.am. Sharmazanov commented on the interview of the second
president Robert Kocharyan, where the former announced his decision
not to run for the elections.
"A month ago I said that no matter who will run for the elections,
they will be competing for the second place. Republican Party and
the incumbent president have worked very honestly, very fair, very
transparent and, most importantly, went through dialogue and agreement
over these years," Sharmazanov said.
Recall that Robert Kocharyan identified three main factors that
encourage him to refrain from returning to active politics.
"The first thing is that the struggle for power between two people from
Karabakh, two longtime allies for me is unacceptable: it would create
a situation of difficult choice for many, and would be transformed
into an object of manipulations. Also, I was the one who suggested the
incumbent president as my successor, and his desire for re-election
is understandable. Second, I would not want to take part in the
formation of an extremely unpleasant and dangerous format for the
country, the struggle for power of the three presidents. And third,
search for a political compromise in Armenia has become a political
retail trade. And it is not something that I would like to spend my
time, knowledge and experience on.
These circumstances, of course, are not the main factors, but I thought
that these factors are rather important from the emotional and ethical
point of view. As a reason, I will give only short interviews, but
only in those cases where no response would be incomprehensible,"
Kocharyan said.
From: A. Papazian
http://news.am/eng/news/135935.html
January 15, 2013 | 16:36
Every politician, former president or a citizen of Armenia decides
for himself to put his candidacy in the elections, after consulting
with his team said the spokesperson of the ruling Republican Party
of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov in a conversation with Armenian
News-NEWS.am. Sharmazanov commented on the interview of the second
president Robert Kocharyan, where the former announced his decision
not to run for the elections.
"A month ago I said that no matter who will run for the elections,
they will be competing for the second place. Republican Party and
the incumbent president have worked very honestly, very fair, very
transparent and, most importantly, went through dialogue and agreement
over these years," Sharmazanov said.
Recall that Robert Kocharyan identified three main factors that
encourage him to refrain from returning to active politics.
"The first thing is that the struggle for power between two people from
Karabakh, two longtime allies for me is unacceptable: it would create
a situation of difficult choice for many, and would be transformed
into an object of manipulations. Also, I was the one who suggested the
incumbent president as my successor, and his desire for re-election
is understandable. Second, I would not want to take part in the
formation of an extremely unpleasant and dangerous format for the
country, the struggle for power of the three presidents. And third,
search for a political compromise in Armenia has become a political
retail trade. And it is not something that I would like to spend my
time, knowledge and experience on.
These circumstances, of course, are not the main factors, but I thought
that these factors are rather important from the emotional and ethical
point of view. As a reason, I will give only short interviews, but
only in those cases where no response would be incomprehensible,"
Kocharyan said.
From: A. Papazian