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ARFD ANTICIPATES CIVILIZED CAMPAIGN
Naira Khachatryan
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
ALVARD PETROSYAN, member of the ARFD Bureau was the guest-speaker of
"Urbat" club yesterday. The questions addressed to her were mainly
devoted to the internal political developments and the possible course
of the upcoming pre-election campaign
A. Petrosyan is the proponent of a civilized campaign. She also
shares the viewpoint that politics should not be confused with
politeness. Yesterday she offered to view Dasnaktsutyun's meeting
with Levon Ter-Petrosyan from that angle.
Some people have confused Dashnaktsutyun's hospitable reception of
L. Ter-Petrosyan with politics. We have our problems; L. Ter-Peteosyan
and his team have their own problems. But he came to us, and as a
hospitable host, we couldn't but give him a polite reception. You
either receive someone hospitably or you do not receive him at all. I
am happy that the members of our party did receive him, because there
is nothing more important than your country's future.
A. Petrosyan showed a deserved honor to the Republicans for ensuring
relevant conditions for a civilized campaign. "Since now the ruling
authority is in major part represented by the Republicans, I believe
that it is the Republican Party's important achievement that it
managed to form a democratic atmosphere in which the ex-President of
the Republic and Dashnaktsutyun can meet and talk about a civilized
campaign, as two seemingly extreme ideological opponents".
With regard to Dashnaktsutyun's running for election as an alternative,
the speaker finds that the political arena, like nature, cannot
consist of purely white and black figures. Considering the current
political demarcations strictly conventional, she said, "Who has
drawn any border-line between the black left-wing authority and the
white right-wing power? There also exists another segment.
The existence of ARFD's political intellect as well as its great
life experience prompt new ways, new manifestations and a new
political culture. "I appreciated Pariyr Sevak very highly not only
for his poetry, (perhaps, there were poets I could love more, but my
generation perceived him in a different manner), but also for shaking
the atmosphere. Because when you shake the atmosphere, there is no
swamp, and it is no longer stuffy."
The fact that "Rule of Law" party quit the coalition and assumed a
pro-Opposition attitude has nothing to do with the political path
chosen by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Considering the
parallels unacceptable in this respect, the ARFD member said that,
"'Rule of Law' had no history; I don't absolutely humiliate them by
saying that, but it's a very young party. The relations between Levon
Ter-Petrosyan and Dashnaktsutyun were a very serious classical story
in our newly-independent country. I cannot compare it with 'Rule of
Law', because I see no relationship there. The reaction, as you saw,
was different, and the public response was different as well."
In the near future ARFD is going to hold a new political campaign
that admits of neither of black PR nor lame accusations. According
to the member of the ARFD faction, their running for election will
impart a new spirit to the electoral process. "We will run for
election seriously. Perhaps, they think we are strengthening our
positions and so on and so forth. But I believe our participation
in these presidential elections is very important for 'goldplating'
the civilized elections of this country, no matter who will be elected.
If Serge Sargsyan is to be elected, his election is much more serious
and 'goldplated' (sorry for using these words to make my speech
more expressive) when it is fixed and recorded that he has a very
serious political rival in the person of the candidate belonging
to Dashnaktsutyun.
We are all the time speaking about legitimacy, transparent and
fair elections, but to achieve that end, it is necessary to have
partners from both sides. I don't think there is currently a more
serious partner than ARFD. And if Serge Sargsyan is elected tomorrow,
our participation will only make him stronger. If we are elected,
we will become stronger."
Naira Khachatryan
Hayots Ashkharh Daily
Oct 9 2007
Armenia
ALVARD PETROSYAN, member of the ARFD Bureau was the guest-speaker of
"Urbat" club yesterday. The questions addressed to her were mainly
devoted to the internal political developments and the possible course
of the upcoming pre-election campaign
A. Petrosyan is the proponent of a civilized campaign. She also
shares the viewpoint that politics should not be confused with
politeness. Yesterday she offered to view Dasnaktsutyun's meeting
with Levon Ter-Petrosyan from that angle.
Some people have confused Dashnaktsutyun's hospitable reception of
L. Ter-Petrosyan with politics. We have our problems; L. Ter-Peteosyan
and his team have their own problems. But he came to us, and as a
hospitable host, we couldn't but give him a polite reception. You
either receive someone hospitably or you do not receive him at all. I
am happy that the members of our party did receive him, because there
is nothing more important than your country's future.
A. Petrosyan showed a deserved honor to the Republicans for ensuring
relevant conditions for a civilized campaign. "Since now the ruling
authority is in major part represented by the Republicans, I believe
that it is the Republican Party's important achievement that it
managed to form a democratic atmosphere in which the ex-President of
the Republic and Dashnaktsutyun can meet and talk about a civilized
campaign, as two seemingly extreme ideological opponents".
With regard to Dashnaktsutyun's running for election as an alternative,
the speaker finds that the political arena, like nature, cannot
consist of purely white and black figures. Considering the current
political demarcations strictly conventional, she said, "Who has
drawn any border-line between the black left-wing authority and the
white right-wing power? There also exists another segment.
The existence of ARFD's political intellect as well as its great
life experience prompt new ways, new manifestations and a new
political culture. "I appreciated Pariyr Sevak very highly not only
for his poetry, (perhaps, there were poets I could love more, but my
generation perceived him in a different manner), but also for shaking
the atmosphere. Because when you shake the atmosphere, there is no
swamp, and it is no longer stuffy."
The fact that "Rule of Law" party quit the coalition and assumed a
pro-Opposition attitude has nothing to do with the political path
chosen by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation. Considering the
parallels unacceptable in this respect, the ARFD member said that,
"'Rule of Law' had no history; I don't absolutely humiliate them by
saying that, but it's a very young party. The relations between Levon
Ter-Petrosyan and Dashnaktsutyun were a very serious classical story
in our newly-independent country. I cannot compare it with 'Rule of
Law', because I see no relationship there. The reaction, as you saw,
was different, and the public response was different as well."
In the near future ARFD is going to hold a new political campaign
that admits of neither of black PR nor lame accusations. According
to the member of the ARFD faction, their running for election will
impart a new spirit to the electoral process. "We will run for
election seriously. Perhaps, they think we are strengthening our
positions and so on and so forth. But I believe our participation
in these presidential elections is very important for 'goldplating'
the civilized elections of this country, no matter who will be elected.
If Serge Sargsyan is to be elected, his election is much more serious
and 'goldplated' (sorry for using these words to make my speech
more expressive) when it is fixed and recorded that he has a very
serious political rival in the person of the candidate belonging
to Dashnaktsutyun.
We are all the time speaking about legitimacy, transparent and
fair elections, but to achieve that end, it is necessary to have
partners from both sides. I don't think there is currently a more
serious partner than ARFD. And if Serge Sargsyan is elected tomorrow,
our participation will only make him stronger. If we are elected,
we will become stronger."