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"THE PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY (PAP) AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF ARMENIA (RPA) HAVE CUT A DEAL 'IF YOU FREEZE THE CASE OF OSKANIAN'S CIVILITAS, I WILL FREEZE THE SIGNATURE COLLECTING FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION'"
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/19/92008/
July 19, 2012 10:36
Today Hmayak Hovhannisyan, the president of the Union of Political
Scientists, made an interesting statement on the secret deal between
the RPA and the PAP during a conversation with www.aravot.am, which,
according to him, was on the Civilitas case and signature collecting
for an extraordinary session.
Hmayak Hovhannisyan has revealed that the PAP has cut a deal with the
government "if you freeze the case of Oskanian's Civilitas, I will
freeze the signature collecting for an extraordinary session." In
Hmayak Hovhannisyan's words, "The thing is that there was a fast
process against Civilitas and Vartan Oskanian, they summoned him to
the National Security
Service every other day. By putting off, I should say, suspending
the issue of convening an extraordinary session, the PAP achieved
that Oskanian's issue was also suspended, they fell silent. Now if
it resumes in the fall, they give a renewed impetus to Oskanian's
case, then, unfortunately, the PAP has turned our valiant, young,
talented doctor Officer Vahe Avetyan's death into a certain card in the
political struggle. The government wanted to take Vartan Oskanian off
the list of possible options for the common candidate, if this case had
been carried through, if the court had brought in a verdict, Oskanian
would not have had a possibility to be nominated for the presidential
election. On the one hand, the prosecutor's office denied Oskanian's
application to stop proceedings, on the other hand, it has frozen
the process, it has lulled it, given the fact that the PAP might add
its signatures to those of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and
achieve the convening of an extraordinary session. If there had been
an extraordinary session, the parliament would have been surrounded
by vast masses of people and under such circumstances, establishing
a committee would have become unavoidable. The explanation that
'we will not sign any decision draft that is signed by the Heritage
representatives' doesn't work, because the ANC and the PAP have the
necessary 44 signatures, therefore, they could have done it without
the Heritage party, there would have been no problem." We inquired
whether he meant that the explanation of Naira Zohrabyan, the secretary
of the PAP parliamentary group, that a part of the PAP MPs were on
vacation, that was why they hadn't sign was just an excuse, according
to him, Hmayak Hovhannisyan said, "In that struggle, that political,
psychological struggle, it was clear as day that the investigation
into the case of Oskanian's Civilitas was frozen thanks to that and
that the PAP suspended the establishment of a commission.
Let's wait and see what developments there will be in September. But
it is clear that now the ANC has a task to heat up the society over
the establishment of a commission, because the establishment of a
commission can become a playground, on which the ANC will be able
to spoil the relations between the RPA and the PAP at the threshold
of the local elections once and for all. And the results of these
elections can spoil those relations once and for all and offer an
opportunity to destroy Gagik Tsarukyan, their goal is that."
After a few strong statements during the interview, Mr. Hovhannisyan
said, "Listen, do you want me to go through what Vahe Avetyan has gone
through. Do you understand that one doesn't argue with oligarchs in
our country?" Therefore, we asked to clarify whether he wasn't afraid
to go through what Vahe Avetyan had gone through, when he said that
the PAP and the RPA had cut a deal, whether he wasn't afraid that
he brought closer the day of his arrest, since there were 3 criminal
cases against him, he said, "You know what, if I have to betray the
20-year road I have travelled and I have always been very brave,
I wasn't afraid of Vano, when Vano was the Minister of Interior."
When journalists would ask about tractors handed out by the PAP at
the joint staff, Hmayak Hovhannisyan would go ballistic, would stand
up for it, since he was on the PAP list. In response to our question
whether he could answer whether he considered it as an election
bribe or not now, he said, "If a good thing is done for people, one
should welcome it, regardless of what the reason for that is. People
just have to comply with moral, Bible standards, in order to do such
things unselfishly. They do it for benefit. If it is not possible to
carry out a fair redistribution of wealth, at least, let the people
gain, get tractors at the expense of us, politicians that should have
been in the parliament, at the expense of our ruined lives."
From: A. Papazian
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/07/19/92008/
July 19, 2012 10:36
Today Hmayak Hovhannisyan, the president of the Union of Political
Scientists, made an interesting statement on the secret deal between
the RPA and the PAP during a conversation with www.aravot.am, which,
according to him, was on the Civilitas case and signature collecting
for an extraordinary session.
Hmayak Hovhannisyan has revealed that the PAP has cut a deal with the
government "if you freeze the case of Oskanian's Civilitas, I will
freeze the signature collecting for an extraordinary session." In
Hmayak Hovhannisyan's words, "The thing is that there was a fast
process against Civilitas and Vartan Oskanian, they summoned him to
the National Security
Service every other day. By putting off, I should say, suspending
the issue of convening an extraordinary session, the PAP achieved
that Oskanian's issue was also suspended, they fell silent. Now if
it resumes in the fall, they give a renewed impetus to Oskanian's
case, then, unfortunately, the PAP has turned our valiant, young,
talented doctor Officer Vahe Avetyan's death into a certain card in the
political struggle. The government wanted to take Vartan Oskanian off
the list of possible options for the common candidate, if this case had
been carried through, if the court had brought in a verdict, Oskanian
would not have had a possibility to be nominated for the presidential
election. On the one hand, the prosecutor's office denied Oskanian's
application to stop proceedings, on the other hand, it has frozen
the process, it has lulled it, given the fact that the PAP might add
its signatures to those of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) and
achieve the convening of an extraordinary session. If there had been
an extraordinary session, the parliament would have been surrounded
by vast masses of people and under such circumstances, establishing
a committee would have become unavoidable. The explanation that
'we will not sign any decision draft that is signed by the Heritage
representatives' doesn't work, because the ANC and the PAP have the
necessary 44 signatures, therefore, they could have done it without
the Heritage party, there would have been no problem." We inquired
whether he meant that the explanation of Naira Zohrabyan, the secretary
of the PAP parliamentary group, that a part of the PAP MPs were on
vacation, that was why they hadn't sign was just an excuse, according
to him, Hmayak Hovhannisyan said, "In that struggle, that political,
psychological struggle, it was clear as day that the investigation
into the case of Oskanian's Civilitas was frozen thanks to that and
that the PAP suspended the establishment of a commission.
Let's wait and see what developments there will be in September. But
it is clear that now the ANC has a task to heat up the society over
the establishment of a commission, because the establishment of a
commission can become a playground, on which the ANC will be able
to spoil the relations between the RPA and the PAP at the threshold
of the local elections once and for all. And the results of these
elections can spoil those relations once and for all and offer an
opportunity to destroy Gagik Tsarukyan, their goal is that."
After a few strong statements during the interview, Mr. Hovhannisyan
said, "Listen, do you want me to go through what Vahe Avetyan has gone
through. Do you understand that one doesn't argue with oligarchs in
our country?" Therefore, we asked to clarify whether he wasn't afraid
to go through what Vahe Avetyan had gone through, when he said that
the PAP and the RPA had cut a deal, whether he wasn't afraid that
he brought closer the day of his arrest, since there were 3 criminal
cases against him, he said, "You know what, if I have to betray the
20-year road I have travelled and I have always been very brave,
I wasn't afraid of Vano, when Vano was the Minister of Interior."
When journalists would ask about tractors handed out by the PAP at
the joint staff, Hmayak Hovhannisyan would go ballistic, would stand
up for it, since he was on the PAP list. In response to our question
whether he could answer whether he considered it as an election
bribe or not now, he said, "If a good thing is done for people, one
should welcome it, regardless of what the reason for that is. People
just have to comply with moral, Bible standards, in order to do such
things unselfishly. They do it for benefit. If it is not possible to
carry out a fair redistribution of wealth, at least, let the people
gain, get tractors at the expense of us, politicians that should have
been in the parliament, at the expense of our ruined lives."
From: A. Papazian