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"RITUAL SERVICE" OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 27 2014
27 March 2014 - 6:33pm
For the last week the main event in the Armenian media has been the
decision of the four opposition parties "Dashnaktsutiun", "Armenian
National Congress", "Prosperous Armenia" and "Heritage" to jointly
vote no-confidence in the current government at the meeting of the
National Assembly on April 28. Experts' opinions on this matter were
immediately divided: some called to support the opposition initiative,
others predicted the imminent disappearance of the Armenian opposition
as such.
Political scientists Alexander Markarov and Alexander Iskandaryan,
in a talk with VK, said that the opposition initiative will definitely
fail. As the director of the Armenian branch of the Institute for the
CIS countries Alexander Markarov said, "considering the disposition
of political forces after the last parliamentary elections, those four
parties together have less votes than the Republican party. Therefore,
they consider a vote of no confidence as a kind of ritual, but in
practice this kind of ritual service cannot shake the positions of
the Cabinet of Ministers."
The head of the Institute of the Caucasus, Alexander Iskanderyan,
also said that " the opposition would not manage to push a vote of
no confidence in the parliament because it does not have a majority."
Nevertheless, according to VK expert Susanna Petrosyan, the actions
of the "no-confidence coalition" show that the opposition is getting
the political initiative in its hands.
From: A. Papazian
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
March 27 2014
27 March 2014 - 6:33pm
For the last week the main event in the Armenian media has been the
decision of the four opposition parties "Dashnaktsutiun", "Armenian
National Congress", "Prosperous Armenia" and "Heritage" to jointly
vote no-confidence in the current government at the meeting of the
National Assembly on April 28. Experts' opinions on this matter were
immediately divided: some called to support the opposition initiative,
others predicted the imminent disappearance of the Armenian opposition
as such.
Political scientists Alexander Markarov and Alexander Iskandaryan,
in a talk with VK, said that the opposition initiative will definitely
fail. As the director of the Armenian branch of the Institute for the
CIS countries Alexander Markarov said, "considering the disposition
of political forces after the last parliamentary elections, those four
parties together have less votes than the Republican party. Therefore,
they consider a vote of no confidence as a kind of ritual, but in
practice this kind of ritual service cannot shake the positions of
the Cabinet of Ministers."
The head of the Institute of the Caucasus, Alexander Iskanderyan,
also said that " the opposition would not manage to push a vote of
no confidence in the parliament because it does not have a majority."
Nevertheless, according to VK expert Susanna Petrosyan, the actions
of the "no-confidence coalition" show that the opposition is getting
the political initiative in its hands.
From: A. Papazian