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    ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP UNCERTAIN ABOUT PARLIAMENTARY MINORITY'S FUTURE

    16:09 â~@¢ 14.04.14

    Alexander Arzumanyan, an opposition MP from the Heritage faction,
    says he doesn't yet know if the parliamentary minority will have a
    new structure after the new cabinet's appointment.

    Speaking to Tert.am, the politician said he believes that the
    opposition quartet (representing the Heritage faction, the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun, Prosperous Armenia and Armenian
    National Congress) may turn into a trio or even a duet, with some of
    the forces considering plans for join the new coalition government.

    "I am restrained, as I am formally a member of the Heritage faction,
    which is part of the quartet. But I hail any negotiations, debate
    or a decision on a common position. It is a good fact that they are
    able to sit around a table to search for common attitude. We are now
    entering a period of maneuvers, a phase that sees some in the quartet
    decide - though some may have already decided - to join the coalition,
    with others still being amid bargains over concrete portfolios. Only
    after these developments are over, will it be clear what is left of
    the quartet," he said.

    Arzumanyan ruled out any opposition pressures that could have
    resulted in Tigran Sargsyan's resignation as prime minister. "I
    wouldn't link the resignation with the quartet. It was obvious that
    the prime minister would be sacrificed, because the country had not
    seen any progress in the past six years," he added.

    The opposition MP said he doesn't expect Prosperous Armenia party (PAP)
    to be so strict to the new government as it was to the previous one.

    "Declaring itself an alternative, the PAP chose the prime minister's
    personality and the government as a target. As for Hovik Abragamyan,
    [the criticism against him] cannot be sharp; he is an acceptable
    figure in terms of the PAP's role. So the sides can be said to have
    found a compromise," he added.

    Asked whether the PAP will join the governing coalition, Arzumanyan
    said it all depends "on the level of the party's corruptness". "What
    we have at stake is the degree to which one can become spoiled
    or discredited, but we will have an abundance of terms, such as
    alternative, semi-alternative, opposition, non-ruling, semi-ruling
    and the like," he noted.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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