ARMENIAN ALL-NATIONAL MOVEMENT PREPARING FOR 2007 ELECTIONS

ArmRadio.am
21.06.2006 16:07

Member of the Republican Party of Armenia Samvel Nikolyan declared
today that Armenia does not participate in regional processes,
since the return of Karabakh has been set as a precondition. As for
the Deputy President of the Armenian All-National Movement Andranik
Hovakimyan, he has found out that Levon Ter-Petrosyan was joking when
saying he would return if the whole nation asked.

"The Armenian All-National Movement is preparing for 2007 parliamentary
elections. However, it is preparing not in the classical sense, but
in an Armenian way. We model the existing situation and search for
the weak points of the authorities in power," said Andranik Hovakimyan.

The Deputy President of the Movement found it difficult to predict what
kind of Parliament we shall have after the 2007 elections. However, in
case the events continue to develop according to the existing logics,
it is senseless to speak about a political representative body. We
shall have an appointed Parliament, and the ideology of the Parties
will not be important.

For member of the Republican Party faction Samvel Nikolyan everything
is completely predictable in the political field. He refutes the
information that the republicans are holding talks with "Prosperous
Armenia" Party over the 2007 elections. "You confuse the desired with
the reality," he said.

Andranik Hovakimyan repeated once again that the Armenian All-National
Movement is against dual citizenship and predicted that this provision
of the Constitution will cause a mess. In Samvel Nikolyan’s opinion,
the arguable questions connected with dual citizenship, i.e. military
service, participation in elections and possession of land, will
become matters of dispute in the future.