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ARMENIA'S OPPOSITION NEEDS NEW RULES OF GAME, SAYS POLITICAL ENGINEER
17:45 * 16.03.15
No party representing the political minority in Armenia appears today
powerful enough to promote major changes, says a political engineer.
Speaking to Tert.am, Karen Kocharyan said he thinks that the opposition
parties alone are to blame for their recent failure to unite into
a stronger alliance. "The opposition will never collapse unless it
wishes to. I simply think that this is the kind of opposition we have;
they themselves wanted the collapse," he said, when asked to comment
on a possible influence by the ruling authorities.
Kocharyan added in the meantime that he doesn't expect vacuum on the
political arena to be long-lasting. "The holy place never remains
vacant," he noted.
Kocharyan said he expects the new campaign among the opposition forces
to address more geopolitical rather than domestic political issues.
According to him, the parties with pro-Russian orientation (Prosperous
Armenia and Armenian National Congress) are likely to confront those
pursuing Western policies (Heritage, Free Democrats etc).
In the meantime, the expert stressed the need of cleaning up the
political arena from all the acting players, particularly those
representing the governing political force. "It is necessary to
demonstrate a political will, cross everything out and write new
games rules not to be ever violated by anyone. That's what they [the
ruling authorities] should rely on if they want to move forward and
help the country out," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/03/16/karen-qocharyan/1618854
17:45 * 16.03.15
No party representing the political minority in Armenia appears today
powerful enough to promote major changes, says a political engineer.
Speaking to Tert.am, Karen Kocharyan said he thinks that the opposition
parties alone are to blame for their recent failure to unite into
a stronger alliance. "The opposition will never collapse unless it
wishes to. I simply think that this is the kind of opposition we have;
they themselves wanted the collapse," he said, when asked to comment
on a possible influence by the ruling authorities.
Kocharyan added in the meantime that he doesn't expect vacuum on the
political arena to be long-lasting. "The holy place never remains
vacant," he noted.
Kocharyan said he expects the new campaign among the opposition forces
to address more geopolitical rather than domestic political issues.
According to him, the parties with pro-Russian orientation (Prosperous
Armenia and Armenian National Congress) are likely to confront those
pursuing Western policies (Heritage, Free Democrats etc).
In the meantime, the expert stressed the need of cleaning up the
political arena from all the acting players, particularly those
representing the governing political force. "It is necessary to
demonstrate a political will, cross everything out and write new
games rules not to be ever violated by anyone. That's what they [the
ruling authorities] should rely on if they want to move forward and
help the country out," he added.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/03/16/karen-qocharyan/1618854