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KOCHARYAN'S "GROUP" IN THE PARLIAMENT
Hayk Aramyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26254.html
Published: 11:35:49 - 19/05/2012
The possibility of forming a coalition government or agreement with
the Republican Party caused concerns within the Prosperous Armenia
Party. Vartan Oskanian, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Vahe Hovhannisyan and
other members of the party who have been elected to parliament on the
PAP list disagree with any form of cooperation with the Republican
Party.
According to press reports, some of these figures have already laid
down their mandates, while they had previously denied any possibility
to lay down the mandates. They said they would rather form a new group
in the parliament. But now it is not clear whether these people will
enter the parliament or not.
Ahead of the elections, there were rumors that Robert Kocharyan wanted
to have his team enter the parliament with the help of the PAP ticket.
Even though the PAP is perceived as Kocharyan's party and Kocharyan
himself stated many people joined the RPA following his advice,
he nevertheless knows the essence of the political system and its
representatives. Hence, Kocharyan perhaps wanted to have a separate
"group" in parliament formed from the PAP, ARF and RPA parliamentary
groups.
But the election of May 6 and the post-election situation seem to cross
out this option. Something similar to the aforementioned situation in
the PAP is happening in the ARFD group. We have learnt that the ARF
Supreme Body member Armen Rustamyan is considering laying down his
mandate. Rustamyan is considered pro-Kocharyan and his withdrawal will
mean that the ARF has come to terms with Serzh Sargsyan. By the way,
Galust Sahakyan noted that Serzh Sargsyan meets with different parties,
including the ARF, to discuss future cooperation.
To forget about Kocharyan's plans, it will be really sad if the
aforementioned figures do not enter the parliament. They would not
only bring new colors to the parliament but would also politicize
the parliamentary activities and form such an amorphous conglomerate
as the Prosperous Armenia to a political party which would have clear
positions on domestic and foreign issues of Armenia and would transform
from a tool legitimizing the RPA majority to a political actor.
From: A. Papazian
Hayk Aramyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26254.html
Published: 11:35:49 - 19/05/2012
The possibility of forming a coalition government or agreement with
the Republican Party caused concerns within the Prosperous Armenia
Party. Vartan Oskanian, Hmayak Hovhannisyan, Vahe Hovhannisyan and
other members of the party who have been elected to parliament on the
PAP list disagree with any form of cooperation with the Republican
Party.
According to press reports, some of these figures have already laid
down their mandates, while they had previously denied any possibility
to lay down the mandates. They said they would rather form a new group
in the parliament. But now it is not clear whether these people will
enter the parliament or not.
Ahead of the elections, there were rumors that Robert Kocharyan wanted
to have his team enter the parliament with the help of the PAP ticket.
Even though the PAP is perceived as Kocharyan's party and Kocharyan
himself stated many people joined the RPA following his advice,
he nevertheless knows the essence of the political system and its
representatives. Hence, Kocharyan perhaps wanted to have a separate
"group" in parliament formed from the PAP, ARF and RPA parliamentary
groups.
But the election of May 6 and the post-election situation seem to cross
out this option. Something similar to the aforementioned situation in
the PAP is happening in the ARFD group. We have learnt that the ARF
Supreme Body member Armen Rustamyan is considering laying down his
mandate. Rustamyan is considered pro-Kocharyan and his withdrawal will
mean that the ARF has come to terms with Serzh Sargsyan. By the way,
Galust Sahakyan noted that Serzh Sargsyan meets with different parties,
including the ARF, to discuss future cooperation.
To forget about Kocharyan's plans, it will be really sad if the
aforementioned figures do not enter the parliament. They would not
only bring new colors to the parliament but would also politicize
the parliamentary activities and form such an amorphous conglomerate
as the Prosperous Armenia to a political party which would have clear
positions on domestic and foreign issues of Armenia and would transform
from a tool legitimizing the RPA majority to a political actor.
From: A. Papazian