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    Aghvan Vardanyan: There is no split within ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party

    ARMINFO
    Friday, July 12, 23:46

    Secretary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktutyun
    (ARFD) Party Faction Aghvan Vardanyan told media Friday that staff
    reshuffles in the top echelons of the ARFD Bureau are possible (it is
    widely rumored that there are discrepancies within ARFD over the
    candidature of the Bureau representative Hrant Margaryan - ed.)

    He said that ARFD is an active structure where debates are held
    regularly to settle internal problems. It does not mean, however, he
    said, that there is split within the party. "Irrespective of whether
    the last elections were fake or not, ARFD failed them. Consequently,
    it must seriously think of its future," he said. Commenting on the
    statement by Hrant Margaryan, ARFD Burau representative, that Prime
    Minister Tigran Sargsyan declared war against ARFD, Aghvan Vardanyan
    said that ARFD has no problems with anyone.

    "ARFD is an independent force and makes independent decisions. In this
    light, we had no problems," he said. Nevertheless, he said, Prime
    Minister Sargsyan did not refute Margaryan's statement.

    Earlier, Hrant Margaryan, ARFD Bureau representative, in an interview
    with RFE/RL Armenia service, said that Prime Minister of Armenia
    Tigran Sargsyan has openly declared war against ARF Dashnaktsutyun
    Party. He said that the ordered Mass Media articles slamming ARFD
    should be considered in the context of the prime minister's 'war'. He
    is sure that those items are financed by the prime minister.
    Markaryan means a series of mass media reports on alleged split within
    the ARFD that pursues a goal to depose Hrant Margaryan.

    Commenting on Margaryan's interview, Prime Minister's Spokesperson
    Haroutyun Berberyan expressed surprise at the 'war' announced against
    ARFD. "The prime minister has always respected the traditional
    Armenian parties and considered them a national value. As regards the
    internal problems of ARFD, it is their internal affairs. Tigran
    Sargsyan, as Deputy Head of the Republican Party does not interfere
    with the internal affairs of other political forces," Berberyan said.




    From: A. Papazian
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