SHAVARSH KOCHARIAN: ONE DOES NOT BECOME OPPOSITION BY ANNOUNCING
Noyan Tapan
May 15 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. As a result of the constitutional
amendments, a situation is created in the country when having the
parliamentary majority’s assistance, the Prime Minister factually
becomes the head of the authorities. The rulling camp has understood
it very well, and the interpolitical discontents taking place in the
country are provided by that.
Shavarsh Kocharian, a RA NA Deputy, the Chairman of the National
Democratic Party made such a statement at the May 13 meeting
taken place in the “Azdak” club of the “Sahmanadrakan Iravunk”
(Constitutional Right) union. According to the speaker, the changed
game rules suppose that before the elections, the rulling team must
have an agreement on posts of the Prime Minister, President and
Parliament Speaker. And as the number of pretenders is more than
three, and still in 2005 it became clear that present Speaker of
the National Assembly, “Orinats Yerkir” (Country of Law) party head
Artur Baghdasarian may not pretend for any of those posts, then
it was forseeable that he must leave the rulling camp. According
to Shavarsh Kocharian, Artur Baghdasarian skilfully uses the
circumstance that the elite does not clearly put the Eurointegration
issue in the country. According to him, the issue that the OYK states
democratization and Eurointegration, is possible by itself: “Another
issue is that it is done for playing up to the West and I consider
inadmissible shaking a finger at Russia.” According to the speaker,
in the case when a beneficial situation is created in the country
for taking serious steps addressed to progress, the opposition is
unprecedently weak.
An as far as the opposition field became empty, an attempt is made
to fill it. Shavarsh Kocharian mentioned that the OYK still just
announced about its intension to become an opposing force, but “by
announcing, one neither becomes opposition nor makes revolution,
nor comes to the power.” According to him, possibilities of the
OYK on the opposition field is provided by the issue how the people
will accept him. Kocharian mentioned that unlike the authorities,
where one may establish greater influence due to inner intrigues,
it does not happen in the opposing field, and the force may have
success which will have the people’s assistance. According to him,
an oppising force having no assistance of the people, may not enjoy
assistence of the West either. “It is obvious that there is positive
attitude towards Artur Baghdasarian in some western circles, but
its continuation or deepening is provided by the issue if the people
accepts him or does not,” he mentioned. Touching upon the possibility
of the opposing forces’ cooperation with the OYK, Shavarsh Kocharian
mentioned before speaking about it, it is necessary for the “Orinats
Yerkir” party estimates 2003 elections and violations conducted
against peaceful demonstrators in April, 2004.