COMMUNISTS CANNOT PAY TELEPHONE BILLS

Lragir.am
13 July 06

"The Communist Party has temporarily declined all over the territory
of the Soviet Union. It was facilitated by the capitalist world. It
is not a secret. Due to the presence of separate betrayers inside the
Communist Party," Tachat Sargsyan, the first secretary of the Yerevan
Committee of the CP, stated July 12 when the reporters asked him
why some members of the Communist Party, such as Frunzeh Kharatyan,
own businesses despite the ideology of the party. The same persons
who were accused of deviating from communist ideas and dismissed from
the party make the same accusation against the Communist Party.

"The Communist Party of Armenia with its program and bylaws, not
absolutely, maybe also temporary accepts ownership in Armenia,
rejecting the bazaar we have in the economy today, commented in
our Republic, the entire Soviet space," Tachat Sargsyan explains the
situation, and adds, "Who said that a communist does not have the right
to work? Who said that Communist Kharatyan does not have the right
to work? Frunzik Kharatyan used to be member of parliament, and we
saw his useful activities when he was member of the National Assembly."

Tachat Sargsyan denies the accusation against the leadership of the
party that they cooperate with the government. The first secretary
of the CP Committee of Yerevan points to the economic situation of
the party in refuting this accusation.

"I will tell you. A political party cooperating with the government
would not appear in such a difficult state. Our telephones are
disconnected for the half of the month, we can hardly pay the
office rent, we cannot hold consultation or conference every month,
because 90 percent of our secretaries do not get any income, are
unemployed and it is a problem for them to visit the regions," Tachat
Sargsyan says. According to him, a party which has appeared in such
a difficult economic situation could not have connections with the
government. Tachat Sargsyan says those people have connections who
are able to appear on TV at any time.