ACCORDING TO ARAM KARAPETIAN, INNER-POLITICAL CRISIS OF ARMENIA RULED OVER BY AUTHORITIES

Noyan Tapan
May 22 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. A state of ruled over crisis has
been created in Armenia. Aram Karapetian, the Chairman of the “Nor
Zhamanakner” (New Times) party expressed such an opinion at the May
19 meeting taken place at the National Press Club. According to him,
the “Orinats Yerkir” (Country of Law) party’s and its head Artur
Baghdasarian’s actions are ruled over by the authorities. According to
Karapetian, on the one hand, the OYK actions are provided by the French
factor, on the other hand, by country President Robert Kocharian’s and
OYK Chairman Artur Baghdasarian’s mutual relations. In his opinion,
Baghdasarian has had rather good relations with Kocharian, due to
what he became the NA Speaker then: “I do not think that all those
were forgotten, and Artur Baghdasarian is so opposing that may act
in some way without agreeing.”

According to the opposing figure, all these are connected with the
expected geo-political developments. Suppose, if a necessity arises to
gain time connected with the Karabakh issue, in the case of a rulable
crisis, it is possible to dissolute the Parliament at any moment,
to hold new parliamentary elections and to state that a critical
situation is created in the country. In Aram Karapetian’s opinion,
one of the goals of the ruled over crisis is to create a parliamentary
crisis. According to him, either special parliamentary or special
presidential elections will be in Armenia. He mentioned that connected
with the Iran issue, the Karabakh problem, processes taking place in
Georgia, Armenia will appear in a state when force majeurs may become
basis for a serious process. In Karapetian’s opinion, the one, that,
according to him, the President had not to leave the country to avoid
any compulsion connected with the Karabakh settlement, speaks about the
fact that Armenia has no role today in the geo-political field. In the
opinion of the “Nor Zhamanakner” Chairman, in the created situation,
any action of the authorities, either it is a special parliamentary
or a special presidential election, or any mistake made while rulling
over the crisis, may result a big revolutionary wave.