LEADER OF PEOPLE’S PARTY OF ARMENIA CONSIDERS RADICAl CHANGES IN
ARMENIA AS NECESSARY

YEREVAN, October 23 (Noyan Tapan). ” The present authorities are an
obstacle to the democratic development of the country.” Stepan
Demirchian, Chairman of the People’s Party of Armenia, stated this at
the 5th party congress on October 23. He characterized the political,
economic and social situation in Armenia as extremely difficult and
pointed out the necessity of radical changes. According to him, “the
authorities are stuck in lies and falsification” and are trying to
suggest to the society that the opposition has exhausted itself in
order to bring to the political arena the “pocket oppostion”, which is
under the authorities’ control. S. Demirchian expressed his perplexity
that the authorities violating the Constitution frequently speak
actively about the constitutional amendments. In his view, the
amendments proposed this year are enen more unacceptable than those
proposed last year. S.Demirchian assured that the party has its own
package of constitutional amendments and in particular supports a 100%
proportional order of the National Assembly election, which will
promote the development of parties and help to remove the
“parties-opportunists” from the political field. Touching upon the
issue of the economic situation in the country, S. Demirchian
declared: “Armenia resembles not a “Caucasian tiger” but a banana
republic with a poorly developed economy and lost scientific and
technical potential.” S. Demirchian stated that the People’s Party of
Armenia will again be in the vanguard of struggle to promote the rule
of law and establish justice in the country. Appreciating highly the
activities of the “Justivce” bloc, he, however, noted that the bloc
cannot be increased since it was created at the time of the election.