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    Armenpress

    DEFENSE MINISTER LASHES OUT AT PARTY FELLOW FOR LACK
    OF DISCIPLINE

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS: "A political
    party is not a pack of wolves and is not obliged to
    hasten and defend a party member on every occasion,'
    Armenian defense minister Serzh Sarkisian retaliated
    to a question why the governing board of his
    Republican Party urged its members not to defend a
    party member who is contesting the post of a Yerevan
    district prefect in elections scheduled for October
    28.
    The governing board of the party by a vote of 61
    against 3 decided yesterday not to defend Arman
    Sahakian, a party member. The board also called on its
    members warning they would be subjected to
    disciplinary punishment if defy the decision. Arman
    Sahakian, a former deputy Yerevan mayor, is the son of
    Galust Sahakian, who is head of the Republican Party's
    parliament faction.
    Sarkisian, who joined the party recently and was
    elected chairman of its governing board, argued today
    that every party member must understand that the party
    has its own, independent interests, there are party
    regulations and discipline. 'If he (Arman Sahakian)
    decided all alone without consulting his party, even
    ignoring his party, to run for the post why should the
    party defend him?," Sarkisian said adding he had no
    intention at all now to defend Sahakian.
    The influential defense minister also shrugged off
    persistent rumors accusing nature protection minister
    Vartan Ayvazian of demanding a $ 3 million bribe from
    a US-based mining company, describing these rumors '
    irresponsible." Sarkisian argued later it may emerge
    that these accusations were simply a slander.
    Sarkisian was also asked about the Prosperous
    Armenia party of Gagik Tsarukian, seen as the main
    rival of the Republican party in 2007 parliamentary
    elections, but the minister shrugged off such
    speculations saying only the outcome of polls can show
    the real potential of any party.
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