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POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN OPPOSITIONAL PARTIES
http://www.arfd.info/2013/03/09/political-consultations-between-oppositional-parties/
March 9, 2013
Consultations between the political parties to form a joint list for
the Yerevan municipal election have taken place. On March 8, Armen
Rustamyan and Aghvan Vardanyan from ARF-D, Ruben Hakobyan and Hovsep
Khurshudyan from Heritage (Zharangutyun) party and Vartan Oskanyan
and Naira Zohrabyan from Prosperous Armenia (BHK) party met at the
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia "Simon Vratsyan" premises. Yerkir.am
reports that although the Armenian National Congress (HAK) party was
in favor of a unified list still it sent no representative to the
meeting. Rumor has it that Heritage was against ANC's participation
but this was denied and described as false information by the party's
spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan. "We weren't this meeting's initiator
and I cannot say why ANC didn't participate. We are open to cooperate
with all opposition powers. This is the second day that we discuss
with ANC about defining the form of cooperation" Khurshudyan said.
Commenting on the meeting, Vardanyan told Yerkir.am that since
consultations between the three parties existed previously it was
decided to hold the meeting with this format. There is something vague
as far as ANC is concerned, past ANC doesn't exist anymore and the new
one hasn't yet been organized, Vardanyan said. There will be a meeting
with ANC as well, he said, in case such need rises and added that
"We have stated that we are in favor of an alliance between non-ruling
parties". In reference to the meeting's results, Vardanyan said that
there hasn't been any final decision and that discussions will go on.
Oskanyan and Zohrabyan didn't want to make any comment with the
latter stating that there is an agreement not to comment. In reply to
a question by "H1+" Armen Rustamyan said that "We continue with the
previous format. ANC must decide itself whether it will or not take
part. ANC status isn't clear". Rustamyan repeated that for ARF-D the
unification of non-ruling parties is the right thing to do and that
to achieve that "ARF-D is ready to limit some of its claims".
ARF-D's separate candidate list, not excluded
Aghvan Vardanyan said to panorama.am that ARF-D's separate run for the
May 5 municipal election is not excluded. "Consultations are going on,
there are many options. We'll live and see how it goes" Vardanyan
replied to a question about the possibility of ARF-D allying with
Prosperous Armenia party. Panorama.am reminds that during a special
session of the Political Council of the party, the party's President,
Gagik Tsarukyan announced that Vardan Oskanyan will head the party's
list. Earlier, Zohrabyan had stated to panorama.am that if around
BHK a wider alliance would be possible then BHK would support that.
In his opinion, Heritage party spokesperson, Hovsep Khurshudyan
believes that Raffi Hovhannesyan cannot be part of a circle around
BHK. When asked about whether under these circumstances ARF-D would
choose BHK or Heritage, Vardanyan said "All options are possible.
There is also a third option, that of ARF-D running separately".
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.arfd.info/2013/03/09/political-consultations-between-oppositional-parties/
March 9, 2013
Consultations between the political parties to form a joint list for
the Yerevan municipal election have taken place. On March 8, Armen
Rustamyan and Aghvan Vardanyan from ARF-D, Ruben Hakobyan and Hovsep
Khurshudyan from Heritage (Zharangutyun) party and Vartan Oskanyan
and Naira Zohrabyan from Prosperous Armenia (BHK) party met at the
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia "Simon Vratsyan" premises. Yerkir.am
reports that although the Armenian National Congress (HAK) party was
in favor of a unified list still it sent no representative to the
meeting. Rumor has it that Heritage was against ANC's participation
but this was denied and described as false information by the party's
spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan. "We weren't this meeting's initiator
and I cannot say why ANC didn't participate. We are open to cooperate
with all opposition powers. This is the second day that we discuss
with ANC about defining the form of cooperation" Khurshudyan said.
Commenting on the meeting, Vardanyan told Yerkir.am that since
consultations between the three parties existed previously it was
decided to hold the meeting with this format. There is something vague
as far as ANC is concerned, past ANC doesn't exist anymore and the new
one hasn't yet been organized, Vardanyan said. There will be a meeting
with ANC as well, he said, in case such need rises and added that
"We have stated that we are in favor of an alliance between non-ruling
parties". In reference to the meeting's results, Vardanyan said that
there hasn't been any final decision and that discussions will go on.
Oskanyan and Zohrabyan didn't want to make any comment with the
latter stating that there is an agreement not to comment. In reply to
a question by "H1+" Armen Rustamyan said that "We continue with the
previous format. ANC must decide itself whether it will or not take
part. ANC status isn't clear". Rustamyan repeated that for ARF-D the
unification of non-ruling parties is the right thing to do and that
to achieve that "ARF-D is ready to limit some of its claims".
ARF-D's separate candidate list, not excluded
Aghvan Vardanyan said to panorama.am that ARF-D's separate run for the
May 5 municipal election is not excluded. "Consultations are going on,
there are many options. We'll live and see how it goes" Vardanyan
replied to a question about the possibility of ARF-D allying with
Prosperous Armenia party. Panorama.am reminds that during a special
session of the Political Council of the party, the party's President,
Gagik Tsarukyan announced that Vardan Oskanyan will head the party's
list. Earlier, Zohrabyan had stated to panorama.am that if around
BHK a wider alliance would be possible then BHK would support that.
In his opinion, Heritage party spokesperson, Hovsep Khurshudyan
believes that Raffi Hovhannesyan cannot be part of a circle around
BHK. When asked about whether under these circumstances ARF-D would
choose BHK or Heritage, Vardanyan said "All options are possible.
There is also a third option, that of ARF-D running separately".
From: Baghdasarian