EARLY ELECTION IS IMPROBABLE
Lragir.am
13 may 06
After the resignation of the speaker of the National Assembly there
was no possibility of dissolution of the parliament and an early
election. This is the opinion of the leader of the National Democratic
Party Shavarsh Kocharyan.
Shavarsh Kocharyan said May 13 that all the political processes
underway are determined by an anticipation of the parliamentary
election 2007 and the constitutional reform. According to the leader
of the National Democratic Party, the renewed constitution has made
the role of the speaker and prime minister equal to or even higher
than the role of the head of state, and the presidential election 2008
will not be deciding. Everything will be decided in 2007.
Shavarsh Kocharyan hence points to the activity of businessmen, who
are setting up a political party to gain a place in the parliament,
because they understand that questions will no longer be solved by a
single person.
`These people are tempted, they want to decide, they do not want to
serve.
This is another threat, danger that Armenia is facing. Either 2007
will bea serious step towards a more democratic system or this
opportunity will be used by those people, and we will have a fusion of
political power and black economy. This would set us far back, we
would have serious problems,=80=9D says Shavarsh Kocharyan.
The most probable candidate of the next prime minister is Robert
Kocharyan, he says. However, it means that the president elect in 2007
will appoint an intermediate prime minister until 2008 when the office
of Robert Kocharyan ends. Shavarsh Kocharyan declined to name a
candidate of intermediate prime minister, saying that the government
knows better. Shavarsh Kocharyan, whoin fact comments on major points
rather, says in 2007 there will be no absolute majority in the
parliament. The majority, according to Shavarsh Kocharyan,will look
like a mosaic, for Robert Kocharyan to be an acceptable candidate.
`The majority needs to be like a mosaic. There cannot be a powerful
political force in the majority. If there is such a force, it will
claim to nominate its candidate,’ says Shavarsh Kocharyan.
He announces that the newly established parties, including the
Bargavach Hayastan Party, are to guarantee this mosaic. Shavarsh
Kocharyan says his political party will not ally with Bargavach
Hayastan. The National Democratic Party has not chosen who to ally
with, and is predominantly bound for running for parliament with a
separate ticket, says the person who will probably be the first on the
list, with the name Shavarsh Kocharyan.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
