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RPA: INSTEAD OF COMING FORWARD WITH IRENIC STATEMENTS NOW, KOCHARYAN HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT EARLIER
by Tatevik Shahunyan
Monday, February 16, 22:51
Instead of coming forward with irenic statements now, the second
president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan had to think about it earlier
and not to lead the situation to such an extent, the head of the
RPA faction, Vahram Bagdasaryan, told Arminfo correspondent when
commenting on today's statement by Kocharyan regarding the domestic
political situation in Armenia.
'They had to think about it earlier and not to push that man (the
leader of the PAP Gagik Tsarukyan edt.) towards the big politics,
as he did not have such intentions and did not want to become a
radical oppositionist. First,they made of him an "alternative",
then an oppositionist, and now they suggest us not to do anything
and allow Tsarukyan to do what he wants and try to implement coup
through rallies, don't they?", - Bagdasaryan said.
He also emphasized that the RPA has been always trying to establish
the relations with Tsarukyan via the dialogue. "He seemed to be ready
to the dialogue, but his advisers have directed him to the other way",
- he said.
To recall, the Armenian authorities still have resources to stop
radical processes in the political life of the country through
abandoning of any active administrative actions against the leader of
Prosperous Armenia Party, Gagik Tsarukyan and returning to the field
of political confrontation with opponents, the second president of
Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, said in an interview with the 2rd.am portal,
when touching on confrontation between the Prosperous Armenia Party
and Republican Party of Armenia after the RPA session, when President
Serzh Sargsyan sharply criticized the PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan.
Commenting on the internal political developments of recent days,
Kocharyan, in particular, said: "I cannot explain why the president
needed that. If the calculation was that pressure on the Prosperous
Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan will disintegrate the
PAP, then this effect has not been achieved. On the contrary, there
are clear signs of consolidation in the opposition field, a sharp
radicalization of vocabulary and objectives."
Kocharyan described the arguments of President Serzh Sargsyan voiced
in his February 12 speech as "unconvincing". "Any action against the
PAP leader will be now regarded by everyone as political persecution,
which lacks any legitimacy. And taking into account the degree of
social tensions and discontent in the country, as well as the PAP's
and its leader's wide popularity, the more vigorously the government
tries to "clean up" the political field, the stronger will be the
consolidation against the government and the more so real will be the
prospect of political upheavals. It is not hard to predict how this
all will affect the economy, the situation on the Line of Contact in
Karabakh and the holding of events marking the 100th anniversary of
the Genocide," Kocharyan said.
Answering the website's question on whether the government has a
way-out of this situation, the former president said. "I think it
still has. To stop and not to take any administrative action against
the PAP leader, to remain solely within the limits of a verbal duel,
to return to the political dimension of dealing with opponents."
Kocharyan also expressed the opinion that the intentions expressed
at the ruling Republican Party council meeting "do not fit into the
framework of the Constitution" and "the PAP and the opposition are
literally forced to organize mass street actions, the consequences
of which are unpredictable."
"Our country is already overloaded with serious problems and their
solution is possible only through the greatest possible consolidation
of society, on the basis of restoring people's faith in the future
of the country.
What has happened, unfortunately, has become a strong signal in the
opposite direction," said Kocharyan.
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by Tatevik Shahunyan
Monday, February 16, 22:51
Instead of coming forward with irenic statements now, the second
president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan had to think about it earlier
and not to lead the situation to such an extent, the head of the
RPA faction, Vahram Bagdasaryan, told Arminfo correspondent when
commenting on today's statement by Kocharyan regarding the domestic
political situation in Armenia.
'They had to think about it earlier and not to push that man (the
leader of the PAP Gagik Tsarukyan edt.) towards the big politics,
as he did not have such intentions and did not want to become a
radical oppositionist. First,they made of him an "alternative",
then an oppositionist, and now they suggest us not to do anything
and allow Tsarukyan to do what he wants and try to implement coup
through rallies, don't they?", - Bagdasaryan said.
He also emphasized that the RPA has been always trying to establish
the relations with Tsarukyan via the dialogue. "He seemed to be ready
to the dialogue, but his advisers have directed him to the other way",
- he said.
To recall, the Armenian authorities still have resources to stop
radical processes in the political life of the country through
abandoning of any active administrative actions against the leader of
Prosperous Armenia Party, Gagik Tsarukyan and returning to the field
of political confrontation with opponents, the second president of
Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, said in an interview with the 2rd.am portal,
when touching on confrontation between the Prosperous Armenia Party
and Republican Party of Armenia after the RPA session, when President
Serzh Sargsyan sharply criticized the PAP leader Gagik Tsarukyan.
Commenting on the internal political developments of recent days,
Kocharyan, in particular, said: "I cannot explain why the president
needed that. If the calculation was that pressure on the Prosperous
Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan will disintegrate the
PAP, then this effect has not been achieved. On the contrary, there
are clear signs of consolidation in the opposition field, a sharp
radicalization of vocabulary and objectives."
Kocharyan described the arguments of President Serzh Sargsyan voiced
in his February 12 speech as "unconvincing". "Any action against the
PAP leader will be now regarded by everyone as political persecution,
which lacks any legitimacy. And taking into account the degree of
social tensions and discontent in the country, as well as the PAP's
and its leader's wide popularity, the more vigorously the government
tries to "clean up" the political field, the stronger will be the
consolidation against the government and the more so real will be the
prospect of political upheavals. It is not hard to predict how this
all will affect the economy, the situation on the Line of Contact in
Karabakh and the holding of events marking the 100th anniversary of
the Genocide," Kocharyan said.
Answering the website's question on whether the government has a
way-out of this situation, the former president said. "I think it
still has. To stop and not to take any administrative action against
the PAP leader, to remain solely within the limits of a verbal duel,
to return to the political dimension of dealing with opponents."
Kocharyan also expressed the opinion that the intentions expressed
at the ruling Republican Party council meeting "do not fit into the
framework of the Constitution" and "the PAP and the opposition are
literally forced to organize mass street actions, the consequences
of which are unpredictable."
"Our country is already overloaded with serious problems and their
solution is possible only through the greatest possible consolidation
of society, on the basis of restoring people's faith in the future
of the country.
What has happened, unfortunately, has become a strong signal in the
opposite direction," said Kocharyan.
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