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Paruyr Hayrikyan vows to abolish president's post if elected
19:39 14/12/2012 » POLITICS
The statement of Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) on not nominating its
candidate and not backing any candidate was for this moment only. This
statement is unlikely to prevent PAP from voicing a different position
in the coming two months, National Self-Determination Union (NSDU)
chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
According to him, PAP's statement was related to party's leader Gagik
Tsarukyan personally and reflected his refusal to run in the elections
and to back any candidate as well as to the party's leadership, while
citizens are free in their decisions.
Commenting on possible unification of opposition parties and
cooperation with opposition forces, Hayrikyan said that Armenia is a
country where it is very difficult to differentiate between opposition
forces.
`Unification should be not around an opposition or a pro-government
candidate: we should be able to put forward a consensus candidate
representing national consent. Unification should be around national
goals of general importance, the most important of which is the system
of perfect democracy, which I offered earlier,' said Hayrikyan.
NSDU leader said that he intends to be president for two years only.
`During these two years, I am going to abolish the president's post.
The people will have an elected prime minister and vice prime
minister. The current parliament will be dissolved and a new one will
be elected with 81 members because in the current parliament, of all
members, only 30 work, while the rest are just visitors. Lastly, I am
going to hold a constitutional referendum and then new elections will
be held and I will leave the political arena,' said the presidential
candidate.
Source: Panorama.am
19:39 14/12/2012 » POLITICS
The statement of Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) on not nominating its
candidate and not backing any candidate was for this moment only. This
statement is unlikely to prevent PAP from voicing a different position
in the coming two months, National Self-Determination Union (NSDU)
chairman Paruyr Hayrikyan told a news conference in Yerevan.
According to him, PAP's statement was related to party's leader Gagik
Tsarukyan personally and reflected his refusal to run in the elections
and to back any candidate as well as to the party's leadership, while
citizens are free in their decisions.
Commenting on possible unification of opposition parties and
cooperation with opposition forces, Hayrikyan said that Armenia is a
country where it is very difficult to differentiate between opposition
forces.
`Unification should be not around an opposition or a pro-government
candidate: we should be able to put forward a consensus candidate
representing national consent. Unification should be around national
goals of general importance, the most important of which is the system
of perfect democracy, which I offered earlier,' said Hayrikyan.
NSDU leader said that he intends to be president for two years only.
`During these two years, I am going to abolish the president's post.
The people will have an elected prime minister and vice prime
minister. The current parliament will be dissolved and a new one will
be elected with 81 members because in the current parliament, of all
members, only 30 work, while the rest are just visitors. Lastly, I am
going to hold a constitutional referendum and then new elections will
be held and I will leave the political arena,' said the presidential
candidate.
Source: Panorama.am