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RPA EXPECTS TO HAVE ABSOLUTE MAJORITY AT NEW PARLIAMENT
Noyan Tapan
Feb 21 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) will increase the number of its current seats at the parliament
as a result of the parliamentary elections to be held in May. Gagik
Melikian, Secretary of RA NA RPA faction, gave assurance at the
February 21 press conference.
Moreover, RPA expects to have absolute majority at the parliament,
but in case of failure, formation of coalition power is possible.
In G. Melikian's words, all political forces should undertake measures
to exclude falsifications at the elections. In his words, any step
that may result in unfair elections, taken by not only opposition,
but also power should be taken under control.
At the same time, the Secretary of RPA faction said that "for strong
political forces, it is not beneficial to commit falsifications." In
G. Melikian's words, RPA and Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia)
do not need falsifications, as they are strong political forces and
are convinced that they will win the elections. They will receive a
sufficient number of votes, the evidence of which is the results of
all political surveys conducted by them.
G. Melikian considered as a provocation the rumors that allegedly
the condominiums make pensioners bring their photographs and join
the Republican Party.
He also refuted the fact of making teachers join RPA declaring that
there is no teacher who will confirm this fact. "If most of teachers
at schools are RPA members, this means that they sympathize with our
party and have joined RPA of their own free will. If we replenished our
party through terror, we would have not 65 thousand but 650 thousand
members," G. Melikian declared.
He said that RPA has 922 initial and 61 territorial organizations,
country's Prime Minister, NA Speaker, a great number of ministers,
governors, over 530 prefects, and there have been no complaints during
their elections. The party has offered over 12 thousand commission
members for working at 2000 district electoral commissions. Their
retraining will finish by the end of the current year.
Noyan Tapan
Feb 21 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. The Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA) will increase the number of its current seats at the parliament
as a result of the parliamentary elections to be held in May. Gagik
Melikian, Secretary of RA NA RPA faction, gave assurance at the
February 21 press conference.
Moreover, RPA expects to have absolute majority at the parliament,
but in case of failure, formation of coalition power is possible.
In G. Melikian's words, all political forces should undertake measures
to exclude falsifications at the elections. In his words, any step
that may result in unfair elections, taken by not only opposition,
but also power should be taken under control.
At the same time, the Secretary of RPA faction said that "for strong
political forces, it is not beneficial to commit falsifications." In
G. Melikian's words, RPA and Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia)
do not need falsifications, as they are strong political forces and
are convinced that they will win the elections. They will receive a
sufficient number of votes, the evidence of which is the results of
all political surveys conducted by them.
G. Melikian considered as a provocation the rumors that allegedly
the condominiums make pensioners bring their photographs and join
the Republican Party.
He also refuted the fact of making teachers join RPA declaring that
there is no teacher who will confirm this fact. "If most of teachers
at schools are RPA members, this means that they sympathize with our
party and have joined RPA of their own free will. If we replenished our
party through terror, we would have not 65 thousand but 650 thousand
members," G. Melikian declared.
He said that RPA has 922 initial and 61 territorial organizations,
country's Prime Minister, NA Speaker, a great number of ministers,
governors, over 530 prefects, and there have been no complaints during
their elections. The party has offered over 12 thousand commission
members for working at 2000 district electoral commissions. Their
retraining will finish by the end of the current year.