A LIBERAL PARLIAMENT FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
AZG Armenian Daily
22/06/2006
The liberal forces will strengthen their positions at RA National
Assembly of fourth convocation. Gurgen Arsenian, leader of the United
Labor Party, said this at "Pastark" club, today. He emphasized
that as a rule, the liberal forces fail to unite and shape the
parliamentary majority. He added that in the future, the positions
of the pro-Socialistic forces will weaken at the Armenian Parliament.
He said that most of the parliament forces are of socialistic
character, particularly, ARFD, National Unity Party, "Justice" faction,
and "Orinats Yerkir" party. "Notwithstanding the fact whether we
will accumulate the required 5% or not, we will always be in the
political arena of the country," Arsenian said about his party,
adding that they will run in the elections independently. His party
is ready to cooperate with any political force that that share the
ideas of liberalism. As for the parliamentary elections in 2007,
Arsenian assured that "Orinats Yerkir" party will still manage to
take the barrier of 5% in the elections. Earlier, Arsenian said that
in the next parliament "Orinats Yerkir," "Republican," ARFD and the
United Labor Party will be represented.
Only "National Unity" party will lose in the parliamentary
elections. As for the presidential elections in 2008, Arsenian said
that his party will support the candidate whose program will keep
in line with the program of the United Labor Party. Besides, he said
that the candidate they support will win in the elections.
As for the withdrawal of "OY" party, he said that there is some
positive point in that, as the party will occupy the position of the
opponent to the authorities. Arsenian also touched upon the issue
of AMD’s consolidation. He said that in Armenia all the financial
operations are carried out by AMD and he expressed bewilderment why
everyone is concerned about the currency of a foreign country.
In response to the question about the conclusion of the experts of
the Venice Committee on reforms to the Electoral Code, Arsenian said
that one should find out why the experts applied such strict formulae,
whether that was caused by the incorrect translation or by the drawback
in the elaborated amendments.