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ACCORDING TO ARAM MANUKIAN, VAZGEN MANUKIAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN SECOND PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Jan 16 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The only possible way of getting
rid of the current Armenian authorities is to form a multi-party
political coalition around the first president Levon Ter-Petrosian,
member of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) board Aram Manukian said
at the January 16 press conference. In his words, simple political
calculations show it, and those unable to make such calculations
either do not know arithmetic or help intentionally the authorities.
A. Manukian said that many representatives of all state and local
government bodies already work secretly in favor of L. Ter-Petrosian,
and in the second half of February when the pre-election race will
become most active, there will be sharp changes in the power and
political system.
According to A. Manukian, the prime minister Serge Sargsian has a
stable rating, while rating of L. Ter-Petrosian is increasing slowly
but steadily.
If these dynamics continue, the latter will win at the first round
of elections.
He expressed confidence that the forces supporting the first president
will be able to prevent election rigging. "I guarantee that those
to commit falsification against us will not benefit from it, we have
all resources to prevent rigging," A. Manukian stated. In his words,
the best option is that the authorities resign of their free will,
which has been proposed to them.
In this case there will be no tension and shocks in the country,
and the current authorities "will remain in their historical role as
organizers of the Karabakh movement".
A. Manukian said there are almost no ideological contradictions
between L. Ter-Petrosian and Vazgen Manukian, and it would be logical
if the latter backed the candidacy of L. Ter-Petrosian. According
to him, Vazgen Manukian should have been the second president of the
country, and it would have been so if he had been a bit more patient
at that time.
Noyan Tapan
Jan 16 2007
YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The only possible way of getting
rid of the current Armenian authorities is to form a multi-party
political coalition around the first president Levon Ter-Petrosian,
member of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) board Aram Manukian said
at the January 16 press conference. In his words, simple political
calculations show it, and those unable to make such calculations
either do not know arithmetic or help intentionally the authorities.
A. Manukian said that many representatives of all state and local
government bodies already work secretly in favor of L. Ter-Petrosian,
and in the second half of February when the pre-election race will
become most active, there will be sharp changes in the power and
political system.
According to A. Manukian, the prime minister Serge Sargsian has a
stable rating, while rating of L. Ter-Petrosian is increasing slowly
but steadily.
If these dynamics continue, the latter will win at the first round
of elections.
He expressed confidence that the forces supporting the first president
will be able to prevent election rigging. "I guarantee that those
to commit falsification against us will not benefit from it, we have
all resources to prevent rigging," A. Manukian stated. In his words,
the best option is that the authorities resign of their free will,
which has been proposed to them.
In this case there will be no tension and shocks in the country,
and the current authorities "will remain in their historical role as
organizers of the Karabakh movement".
A. Manukian said there are almost no ideological contradictions
between L. Ter-Petrosian and Vazgen Manukian, and it would be logical
if the latter backed the candidacy of L. Ter-Petrosian. According
to him, Vazgen Manukian should have been the second president of the
country, and it would have been so if he had been a bit more patient
at that time.