IN ALL PROBABILITY, RPA AND ULP CANDIDATES TO BE NOMINATED FOR NA VACANT RULING POSTS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
May 22 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. For the present,
the National Deputy MP group is not inclined to assume any post in
the executive and legislative bodies that are or will be vacant as a
result of the Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law) Party representatives’
resignation from their posts. Group member, MP Hakob Hakobian
from Echmiadzin electoral district N 26, said this in response to
Noyan Tapan correspondent’s question. According to him, it is not
expedient to assume responsibility for the things done or not done
by their predecessors in the short period before the forthcoming
parliamentary elections. The parliamentary opposition, the Ardarutiun
(Justice) and National Unity factions, have already made decisions
not to take part in the nomination of candidacies and voting for the
vacant parliamentary posts. The two parliamentary coalition forces,
the ARF Dashnaktsutiun and the Republican Party of Armenia, as well
as the United Labor Party prefer not to disclose the agreements on
nominating candidacies for the vacant parliamentary posts for the
present motivating this by the fact that the discussions are not over
yet. According to unofficial information, an agreement has been reached
on nomination for the NA Speaker’s post: it was reserved for RPA, which
intends to nominate the candidacy of NA and party Vice-Chairman Tigran
Torosian. Recently some MPs discontent with this nomination did not
exclude that against the agreement they will nominate and will support
the candidacy of RPA faction head Galust Sahakian. But in response
to journalists’ question on May 22 G.Sahakian said that in case of
such development of the events he will withdraw his candidature.
In case of T.Torosian’s election as RA NA Speaker the post of RA NA
Vice-Speaker will also remain vacant. Besides, the parliament should
elect Chairmen of Standing Committees on Defence, National Security
and Internal Affairs, as well as on Social, Healthcare and Nature
Protection Issues. In the coming days both of these posts will be
announced vacant when the resignations of OYP members Mher Shahgeldian
and Gagik Mkheyan are considered accepted. According to our reliable
information, an agreement has been already reached on nomination of
ULP faction candidate for the post of the Chairman of NA Standing
Committee on Defence, National Security and Internal Affairs. The
candidacy of Artur Petrosian, member of the above-mentioned faction
and committee, will be nominated for this post. The ARF Dashnaktsutiun
does not aspire to the leading positions at NA and intends to remain
loyal to the agreements to be reached finally.