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Internal Tacit Struggle in RPA
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments22530.html
Published: 11:40:38 - 08/07/2011
Galust Sahakyan hinted a few days ago, and yesterday Hovik Abrahamyan
announced in Gyumri that Serzh Sargsyan will top the Republican
ticket.
It is interesting whether there is such a decision. Has Serzh Sargsyan
made this decision and informed his fellow party members about his
decision if they are so confident? Or have they decided that the
Republican ticket must be topped by Serzh Sargsyan, otherwise they
will set out in such a race that Serzh Sargsyan will regret not having
topped the ticket and prevented the scramble.
Obviously, Serzh Sargsyan is unable to settle the Hovik
Abrahamyan-Tigran Sargsyan dilemma, therefore he has to top the ticket
to prevent fights. No doubt, this will not solve the problem. The
Republican ticket itself is nothing, and Hovik Abrahamyan rightly says
the sum will not change if the items replace each other.
The order of the republican ticket must be just an expression of the
government's intentions, marking the direction of developments, what
will be stressed by the government in the nearest future and the
order, moods, distribution and correlation inside the government. It
will make the order of the list of Republicans interesting.
If Serzh Sargsyan is going to top the list, apparently, the situation
inside the government is unstable and unclear, otherwise Serzh
Sargsyan wouldn't top the list personally. For him, it would be better
to stay a step higher and watch the parliamentary elections from
above.
The question is that Serzh Sargsyan may stand higher with his
statements and speeches, however, when practical politics is
concerned, he must personally work hard and equally with others
because perhaps he doesn't control the system fully.
At any rate, when Serzh Sargsyan tops the Republican ticket, it
indicates the victory of Hovik Abrahamyan. He will not top the list
and he succeeded in preventing Tigran Sargsyan from the top of the
list. This is a small victory for Hovik Abrahamyan, and perhaps a
small failure for Tigran Sargsyan and Serzh Sargsyan if he is unable
to solve the problem of the first line of the list and has to occupy
this line to prevent riots on board.
For Tigran Sargsyan, topping the Republican ticket would be his first
major success in the government. It seems that his prime ministerial
longevity is already success. In reality, his longevity was considered
as success so far but if Tigran Sargsyan doesn't top the list,
longevity will stop being success and will be increasingly perceived
as a service to the `traditional class' of the Republican Party.
Therefore, Tigran Sargsyan needs to lead the Republican ticket.
Apparently, he failed. Meanwhile, the parliamentary election was an
excellent opportunity. But in fact Serzh Sargsyan's decision should
not be considered as final. Hovik Abrahamyan said, Galust Sahakyan
also said, other Republicans may say so, but we saw during the
internal political dialogue that they say one thing and Sargsyan says
something slightly different. So, it is difficult to say what may
happen by the time of drafting the list that may force or help Serzh
Sargsyan change his decision or reject this intention.
Besides, the problem thereby is not eliminated, it may be just
relieved a little. The problem of the second line on the list will
come forth. Who will be after Serzh Sargsyan on the Republican ticket?
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments22530.html
Published: 11:40:38 - 08/07/2011
Galust Sahakyan hinted a few days ago, and yesterday Hovik Abrahamyan
announced in Gyumri that Serzh Sargsyan will top the Republican
ticket.
It is interesting whether there is such a decision. Has Serzh Sargsyan
made this decision and informed his fellow party members about his
decision if they are so confident? Or have they decided that the
Republican ticket must be topped by Serzh Sargsyan, otherwise they
will set out in such a race that Serzh Sargsyan will regret not having
topped the ticket and prevented the scramble.
Obviously, Serzh Sargsyan is unable to settle the Hovik
Abrahamyan-Tigran Sargsyan dilemma, therefore he has to top the ticket
to prevent fights. No doubt, this will not solve the problem. The
Republican ticket itself is nothing, and Hovik Abrahamyan rightly says
the sum will not change if the items replace each other.
The order of the republican ticket must be just an expression of the
government's intentions, marking the direction of developments, what
will be stressed by the government in the nearest future and the
order, moods, distribution and correlation inside the government. It
will make the order of the list of Republicans interesting.
If Serzh Sargsyan is going to top the list, apparently, the situation
inside the government is unstable and unclear, otherwise Serzh
Sargsyan wouldn't top the list personally. For him, it would be better
to stay a step higher and watch the parliamentary elections from
above.
The question is that Serzh Sargsyan may stand higher with his
statements and speeches, however, when practical politics is
concerned, he must personally work hard and equally with others
because perhaps he doesn't control the system fully.
At any rate, when Serzh Sargsyan tops the Republican ticket, it
indicates the victory of Hovik Abrahamyan. He will not top the list
and he succeeded in preventing Tigran Sargsyan from the top of the
list. This is a small victory for Hovik Abrahamyan, and perhaps a
small failure for Tigran Sargsyan and Serzh Sargsyan if he is unable
to solve the problem of the first line of the list and has to occupy
this line to prevent riots on board.
For Tigran Sargsyan, topping the Republican ticket would be his first
major success in the government. It seems that his prime ministerial
longevity is already success. In reality, his longevity was considered
as success so far but if Tigran Sargsyan doesn't top the list,
longevity will stop being success and will be increasingly perceived
as a service to the `traditional class' of the Republican Party.
Therefore, Tigran Sargsyan needs to lead the Republican ticket.
Apparently, he failed. Meanwhile, the parliamentary election was an
excellent opportunity. But in fact Serzh Sargsyan's decision should
not be considered as final. Hovik Abrahamyan said, Galust Sahakyan
also said, other Republicans may say so, but we saw during the
internal political dialogue that they say one thing and Sargsyan says
something slightly different. So, it is difficult to say what may
happen by the time of drafting the list that may force or help Serzh
Sargsyan change his decision or reject this intention.
Besides, the problem thereby is not eliminated, it may be just
relieved a little. The problem of the second line on the list will
come forth. Who will be after Serzh Sargsyan on the Republican ticket?