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ZARUI POSTANJAN: RADICALISM AS GOAL IN ITSELF IN POLITICS
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 17 2014
17 October 2014 - 11:35am
By Susanna Petrosyan, Yerevan. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
The meeting attended by thousands of supporters of the four main
opposition parties of Armenia in Yerevan on October 10 demonstrated
the unity of opposition and the common goal of Prosperous Armenia
(PAP), the Armenian National Congress (ANC), Heritage and the People's
Party of Armenia (PPA). Their commitment to change the government in
early elections has become a highlight among political, public and
expert circles.
The government has generally reacted moderately, pointing out the lack
of a common agenda of the opposition and expressing doubts that PAP
really wants a different government. Vagram Bagdasaryan, the head of
the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA),
said that the leaders of non-coalition forces had no common path.
Gagik Melikyan, another member of the ruling RPA, said that there
was no common opinion expressed at the meeting, that people were
disappointed and bewildered by the lack of common demands.
Experts have different evaluations. Some analysts say that the
opposition has consolidated society, formed common political goals
and refrained from a revolutionary path. Others have criticized the
opposition, calling it artificial, they say it has no common agenda.
According to Ruben Megrabyan, an expert of the Center for Political and
International Research, the oppositionist quarter had no path at all:
"Even the term "non-ruling forces" itself is antipolitical and only
shows the staginess of the meeting on October 10."
Armen Badalyan, an expert in political and electoral technologies,
believes that the opposition relies on the potential of societies,
which is insufficient for a switch of power, unlike in 2007-2008.
Zaruya Postanjan, a member of the Heritage faction in the parliament,
said that the faction consisted of only 4 MPs. Two of them from the
Heritage Party itself and two from the Free Democrats, a party much
less familiar to Armenian voters.
At a press conference on October 15, Zarui Postanjan, who had earlier
refrained from taking part in protests due to their insufficiently
radical agenda, presented her version of the opposition platform. The
lawmaker proposed a parliamentary opposition represented by PAP,
ANC and Heritage to initiate impeachment of President Serzh Sargsyan
and prosecution of Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan, regain illegally
privatized or acquired state property, dismiss and punish judges
involved in political persecutions, punish police, security and
military officials involved in political murders and persecutions,
form a temporary interim government and hold early parliamentary and
presidential elections.
At the same time, considering the size of the faction, the demands
of Postanjan have no chance of being heard by society or politicians.
Moreover, the order of steps proposed by the lawmaker is unrealistic
for many reasons, which Vestnik Kavkaza will describe in the next
article.
To be continued
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/61133.html
Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
Oct 17 2014
17 October 2014 - 11:35am
By Susanna Petrosyan, Yerevan. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza
The meeting attended by thousands of supporters of the four main
opposition parties of Armenia in Yerevan on October 10 demonstrated
the unity of opposition and the common goal of Prosperous Armenia
(PAP), the Armenian National Congress (ANC), Heritage and the People's
Party of Armenia (PPA). Their commitment to change the government in
early elections has become a highlight among political, public and
expert circles.
The government has generally reacted moderately, pointing out the lack
of a common agenda of the opposition and expressing doubts that PAP
really wants a different government. Vagram Bagdasaryan, the head of
the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA),
said that the leaders of non-coalition forces had no common path.
Gagik Melikyan, another member of the ruling RPA, said that there
was no common opinion expressed at the meeting, that people were
disappointed and bewildered by the lack of common demands.
Experts have different evaluations. Some analysts say that the
opposition has consolidated society, formed common political goals
and refrained from a revolutionary path. Others have criticized the
opposition, calling it artificial, they say it has no common agenda.
According to Ruben Megrabyan, an expert of the Center for Political and
International Research, the oppositionist quarter had no path at all:
"Even the term "non-ruling forces" itself is antipolitical and only
shows the staginess of the meeting on October 10."
Armen Badalyan, an expert in political and electoral technologies,
believes that the opposition relies on the potential of societies,
which is insufficient for a switch of power, unlike in 2007-2008.
Zaruya Postanjan, a member of the Heritage faction in the parliament,
said that the faction consisted of only 4 MPs. Two of them from the
Heritage Party itself and two from the Free Democrats, a party much
less familiar to Armenian voters.
At a press conference on October 15, Zarui Postanjan, who had earlier
refrained from taking part in protests due to their insufficiently
radical agenda, presented her version of the opposition platform. The
lawmaker proposed a parliamentary opposition represented by PAP,
ANC and Heritage to initiate impeachment of President Serzh Sargsyan
and prosecution of Sargsyan and Robert Kocharyan, regain illegally
privatized or acquired state property, dismiss and punish judges
involved in political persecutions, punish police, security and
military officials involved in political murders and persecutions,
form a temporary interim government and hold early parliamentary and
presidential elections.
At the same time, considering the size of the faction, the demands
of Postanjan have no chance of being heard by society or politicians.
Moreover, the order of steps proposed by the lawmaker is unrealistic
for many reasons, which Vestnik Kavkaza will describe in the next
article.
To be continued
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/articles/politics/61133.html