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    PROSPECTS OF KOCHARYAN'S RETURN

    Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
    May 8 2014

    8 May 2014 - 9:57am

    David Stepanyan, Yerevan. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza

    The prospects of the return of Armenian ex-President Robert Kocharyan
    are taking shape. This time he may take the prime minister's seat
    instead of the president's.

    The ex-president spent the whole previous year criticizing Prime
    Minister Tigran Sargsyan for his unintelligible economic policy
    that put the national economy on the verge of collapse. It seemed
    that Kocharyan would calm down after the dissolution of Sargsyan's
    government and the appointment of Ovik Abramyan as his successor
    according to the "run with the hare and hunt with the hounds"
    principle. The ex-president has recently published a new critical
    article, where he said that the problem of Armenia was not in the
    model of administration, but in the style of governance. Considering
    that his old target Tigran Sargsyan was gone and enjoying himself in
    the U.S., further criticism and its objects look symptomatic.

    Following Kocharyan's burst, Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarukyan
    assured his party members that the ruling Republican Party will not
    win the upcoming elections. Tsarukyan cannot tolerate "retreat at
    the expense of personal dignity or image of the party." The statement
    became a response to the speech of Eduard Sharmazanov, vice speaker
    of parliament of the Republican Party. The latter said that "any
    politician striving to take authoritative posts in Armenia in the past
    10 years should walk along Melik-Adamyan Street [where the office of
    the ruling party is situated]."

    Prosperous Armenia was founded by Kocharyan himself, and the fact that
    Tsarukyan's latest statement has the ex-president's figure in the
    background is beyond doubt. Prosperous Armenia will join the ruling
    coalition only after receiving tools for adjusting the socio-economic
    course. Confrontation between the Republican Party and Prosperous
    Armenia is entering an open phase.

    Prime Minister Ovik Abramyan, being both a prominent functionary
    of the Republican Party and matchmaker of Tsarukyan, is trying to
    de-escalate the situation and drag Prosperous Armenia back into the
    ruling coalition. What is peculiar about Armenia in this aspect is
    that it is not the party membership that matters in the political
    alignment but clanship and kindred relations. Abramyan's belonging
    to the Republican Party and his kinship may play their role.

    Kocharyan has already started preparing for the 2017 parliamentary
    polls and the 2018 presidential polls. He is obviously putting the
    bets of Prosperous Armenia under strong backing by Tsarukyan. It may
    happen that Kocharyan will not wait for the elections and bet the
    ranch on a coup attempt in the next months. The question is whether
    the Republicans and members of Prosperous Armenia find common grounds
    and what their new coalition would look like. Most importantly, who
    will take the best parts of the economy under control after another
    property redistribution?

    http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/54926.html



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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