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REPUBLICAN PARTY'S POLITICAL 'RESTART' NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR MANEUVERS - OPINIONS
11:07 â~@¢ 18.04.14
The Rule of Law party's breakaway from the ruling coalition and the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaksutyun's decision not to
join the ruling Republican Party in the new government creates a
kind of situation Armenia hasn't faced in the past ten years, says
a political engineer.
"But the situation is interesting enough, with the Republican facing
the entire burden of responsibility for the first time since 2003,"
Karen Kocharyan told Tert.am,
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, who is a deputy
leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, had earlier described
the political situation in the country as a "complete restart of the
political life".
Commenting on the Rule of Law's decision, the opposition Heritage
party's political secretary, Styopa Safaryan, said he believes the move
will enable the party to maneuver a little bit, especially in light
of the other parliamentary forces' disagreements with the Republican.
Speaking to Tert.am, President of the Yerevan Press Club Boris
Navasardyan expressed his disagreement with the above remark, saying
that he does not expect a change of policy line in the Eurasian
integration process. "I do not expect any change in the policies
towards the Customs [Union accession], especially because all the
developments are determined in Moscow, not in Yerevan," he noted.
Navasardyan said he doesn't understand why a political force enjoying
a majority of votes in parliament should make a coalition proposal
to any other political forces at all.
"It [the Republican] has all the chances to pass all the decisions
based on the vision of its own party," he said, attributing the ruling
party's previous gestures of offering ministerial portfolios to other
political forces to a feeling of a "legitimacy shortage" that made
the Republican share political responsibility among different parties.
Navasardyan said he thinks that the Republican is now facing a serious
challenge, remaining the only political force responsible for creating
a government. "What we see today is a natural situation, with all the
parties rejecting the [coalition] proposal. And this is a challenge
for the Republican now. If you insist that you enjoy the majority of
the population's votes, you have to try to exercise power on your onw,"
he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am
11:07 â~@¢ 18.04.14
The Rule of Law party's breakaway from the ruling coalition and the
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaksutyun's decision not to
join the ruling Republican Party in the new government creates a
kind of situation Armenia hasn't faced in the past ten years, says
a political engineer.
"But the situation is interesting enough, with the Republican facing
the entire burden of responsibility for the first time since 2003,"
Karen Kocharyan told Tert.am,
Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan, who is a deputy
leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, had earlier described
the political situation in the country as a "complete restart of the
political life".
Commenting on the Rule of Law's decision, the opposition Heritage
party's political secretary, Styopa Safaryan, said he believes the move
will enable the party to maneuver a little bit, especially in light
of the other parliamentary forces' disagreements with the Republican.
Speaking to Tert.am, President of the Yerevan Press Club Boris
Navasardyan expressed his disagreement with the above remark, saying
that he does not expect a change of policy line in the Eurasian
integration process. "I do not expect any change in the policies
towards the Customs [Union accession], especially because all the
developments are determined in Moscow, not in Yerevan," he noted.
Navasardyan said he doesn't understand why a political force enjoying
a majority of votes in parliament should make a coalition proposal
to any other political forces at all.
"It [the Republican] has all the chances to pass all the decisions
based on the vision of its own party," he said, attributing the ruling
party's previous gestures of offering ministerial portfolios to other
political forces to a feeling of a "legitimacy shortage" that made
the Republican share political responsibility among different parties.
Navasardyan said he thinks that the Republican is now facing a serious
challenge, remaining the only political force responsible for creating
a government. "What we see today is a natural situation, with all the
parties rejecting the [coalition] proposal. And this is a challenge
for the Republican now. If you insist that you enjoy the majority of
the population's votes, you have to try to exercise power on your onw,"
he added.
Armenian News - Tert.am