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ROBERT KOCHARYAN: THE ATTEMPTS OF THE AUTHORITIES TO DISCREDIT GAGIK TSARUKYAN HAVE FAILED BECAUSE OF INCONCLUSIVE REASONING
by Tatevik Shahunyan
Monday, February 16, 18:38
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, 18:38
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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