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Armenian National Congress: Republican Party of Armenia will try to
remain at power in every possible way
arminfo
Friday, January 27, 18:02
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will try to remain at power in
every possible way, Hovhannes Igityan, member of Board of the Armenian
National Movement Party, said at today's press conference in Yerevan.
"The authorities do not want to yield their positions and will do
their best to keep them. The RPA representatives' latest statements
that there will allegedly be no oligarchs in the new parliament
resemble a fairy tale", he said. He added that the 100% proportional
electoral system proposed by the Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Parties will help avoid electoral fraud, but will not rule it out
completely.
For his part, Vardan Bostanjyan, MP from the Prosperous Armenia Party
(PAP), pointed out that the PAP's ideology included the 100%
proportional system, however, the party did not considered it a
priority issue for the country. "During the discussion of the
Electoral Code we expected a specific reaction from the opposition,
however, the parties kept silence at that time, and for us it was not
more important than other problems. But if this issue has been raised
now, I think it is necessary to hold debates and discuss its
prospects", Bostanjyan said.
On Dec 27 Heritage and ARFD came out with a joint statement. They
suggested removing the majority system and switch to the 100%
proportional electoral system. On Jan 26 the representatives of the
coalition Prosperous Armenia Party and the oppositional Heritage and
ARFD Parties applied to Speaker of Armenian Parliament Samvel Nikoyan
to hold parliamentary hearings on the relevant issue. To recall, the
parliamentary election in Armenia will be held on 6 May 2012.
remain at power in every possible way
arminfo
Friday, January 27, 18:02
The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) will try to remain at power in
every possible way, Hovhannes Igityan, member of Board of the Armenian
National Movement Party, said at today's press conference in Yerevan.
"The authorities do not want to yield their positions and will do
their best to keep them. The RPA representatives' latest statements
that there will allegedly be no oligarchs in the new parliament
resemble a fairy tale", he said. He added that the 100% proportional
electoral system proposed by the Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun
Parties will help avoid electoral fraud, but will not rule it out
completely.
For his part, Vardan Bostanjyan, MP from the Prosperous Armenia Party
(PAP), pointed out that the PAP's ideology included the 100%
proportional system, however, the party did not considered it a
priority issue for the country. "During the discussion of the
Electoral Code we expected a specific reaction from the opposition,
however, the parties kept silence at that time, and for us it was not
more important than other problems. But if this issue has been raised
now, I think it is necessary to hold debates and discuss its
prospects", Bostanjyan said.
On Dec 27 Heritage and ARFD came out with a joint statement. They
suggested removing the majority system and switch to the 100%
proportional electoral system. On Jan 26 the representatives of the
coalition Prosperous Armenia Party and the oppositional Heritage and
ARFD Parties applied to Speaker of Armenian Parliament Samvel Nikoyan
to hold parliamentary hearings on the relevant issue. To recall, the
parliamentary election in Armenia will be held on 6 May 2012.