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    `What Will Be the Point in My Casting a Vote for That List,' Experts
    Say About the Yerevan City Council Election Lists

    March 29 2013


    `Being engaged in local self-government personally for many years, I
    know persons who more or less know the material, but I don't see many
    such people on the lists,' Sos Gimishyan, a member of the Association
    of Community Financiers and the leader of the Christian Democratic
    Renaissance Party, expressed this opinion, while talking about the
    lists presented by different political forces in the run-up to the
    Yerevan City Council election. Then he added: `There is no conception
    of local self-government either in the opposition or in the
    government. It is a profession in the same way as a doctor or an
    engineer. But it seems to everyone that whoever wishes can engage in
    politics. This is a bigger task. People should have many years'
    experience to try to govern a city. To govern Yerevan means to solve
    the problems of one million people. Otherwise, it means to put those
    people in jeopardy. Engaging in politics is a profession that requires
    experience, time, and greater wisdom. For example, I will never take
    the liberty of dealing with the issue of the cultural field or express
    a serious opinion on that. Why do they take the liberty of doing that
    in politics? It is deception; everyone tries to win over the people's
    vote. And if we look at the issue from the political perspective,
    those included in the city council election list should be able to
    debate, oppose all that is going on in our country and our city. First
    of all, the opposition should be such, but not the opposition declared
    such by the government. And they have declared the Prosperous Armenia
    Party (PAP), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF), the
    Pan-Armenian National Movement (PANM)-Armenian National Congress
    (ANC), and the Heritage Party the opposition. At least three political
    forces among them don't take an oppositional attitude. And the real
    opposition is engaged very little in the struggle these days. In this
    sense, perhaps, we can single out the Heritage Party.' Harutyun
    Hambardzumyan, the head of the Choice is Yours NGO, in his turn, said
    regarding the same issue: `A chess player, an actor, a famous
    musician, people like these are included in the city council list.
    Certainly, they are needed too, but if you fill the whole list with
    their names, it is not right. I agree that the city council should
    deal with cultural issues, not only social ones, but one can take one
    or two people, not fill the whole list with their names. I know for
    sure that those people will decline the list. The man who has deep and
    comprehensive knowledge of politics, culture, has a general conception
    should become a member of the city council.' We inquired how efficient
    including 20-year-old youths, drivers, or suppliers in the city
    council lists was, how efficient it was for solving the urban
    problems. Mr. Hambardzumyan replied: `I am not against involving the
    youth, but they should be people with experience. Now what is the
    point in my turning out and voting for that list, in which young
    suppliers are included?' Tatev HARUTYUNYAN

    Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/03/29/153274/

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