Power Monopoly Strikes Oligarchs First
Lragir.am
18 July 06
"Let them return, let them advance, but let there not be monopoly in
power," stated Vazgen Manukyan, the leader of the National Democratic
Union July 18 at the Pastark Club, answering the question on growing
activity and advance of rightists which is the same as the All-Armenian
Movement. Vazgen Manukyan says elimination of monopoly in power must
be the prime concern of businesses rather than ordinary farmers.
"After all, an ordinary farmer, who is wise enough, knows everything,
wants them to create favorable conditions for him to be able to support
his family. But the power monopoly strikes serious businesses, serious
businessmen. It strikes the oligarchs. Well, they have earned some
money in certain ways; power monopoly means that they can take away
everything from them at any moment, as it happened to Khodorkovsky,"
says Vazgen Manukyan. According to him, there is already a class of
serious businessmen, who are interested in sustainable development
of their country not to lose what they have.
"For instance, I am also against that the property be taken away
from these people. I mean something else. Communication, transports,
etc. there are questions to be revised in connection with copper
mining, there can even be a question of nationalization. In other
places, conditions need to be created immediately, new people will
emerge who will set off at the bottom and reach great outcome,"
says Vazgen Manukyan. He assures that all the oligarchs would be
reluctant to lose their property in case power changes, but the
government should operate normally, legally.
"Their income will decline a little but they will be guaranteed.
This is dangerous for them as well but they have to be in this game,
this is my impression from their words and actions," says Vazgen
Manukyan.