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    Is Armenia an authoritarian state?

    Yerkir
    May 28, 2004

    During parliamentary briefing on May 27 faction representatives
    discussed more political development rather than legislative
    activities.

    Who is governing Armenia today? Is Armenia democratic? Did the
    president behave accurately during the opposition activation
    period? How is the legislative activity possible in terms of the
    opposition boycotting? These questions were answered by all faction
    except for the opposition which once again skipped the briefing.

    ARF faction leader Levon Mkrtchian believes Armenia is now governed by
    the constitution. The first person is the president who is responsible
    for home and foreign policies. There is the political coalition which
    has its share of responsibility. As to Robert Kocharian's presidency,
    he has been carrying out his functions and expressed his position at
    every necessary point.

    The leader of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) believes that
    the presidents should have been stricter, since tolerance brings even
    worse consequences.

    Touching upon the estimation of an international legal organization
    that called Armenia authoritative, Mkrtchian advised to consider
    the purpose and period of the made assessment. "The activities of
    such organizations have a subjective factor which implies certain
    regional, geopolitical issues that do not exclude pressures," said
    Mkrtchian. "Our route is democracy, since otherwise we would not be
    a member of many international prestigious organizations."

    Regarding these issues, leader of RPA Galust Sahakian said: "The
    trouble is that any phrase and judgment of a foreigner is more
    discussed than the issues of our national interests."

    Leader of the Orinats Yerkir faction Samvel Balasanian stated that
    Armenia has a primary development stage of democracy.

    As to the recessed dialogue, the coalition once again stated its
    determination to bring the opposition back to the political field.
    Levon Mkrtchian said: "The coalition always tried to get the opposition
    back to dialogue, since otherwise political functions are passed to
    the legal field.

    The dialogues must take place not only between the coalition and the
    opposition but the society must also be prepared for it. And the
    society has mad clear its point: it wants t be able to peacefully
    live and work in between the elections. It does not want shock."

    The political forces say the issue of depriving the boycotting
    opposition of parliamentary mandates is not on the agenda, but it
    can have more serious political consequences.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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