WILL ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND DEFENSE MINISTER PLAY A "ROYAL GAMBIT"?

ArmRadio.am
10.08.2006 15:57

"During its last congress the Republican Party of Armenia gained
absolute control over in the country," the leader of the Marxist Party
of Armenia David Hakopyan said at a news conference on August 9. "For
the second time since 1998 the military and punitive machines have
got into the hands of one party, who also controls the parliament
and the government," says Hakopyan.

Hakopyan says that the RPA congress paved the way for "a parliamentary
coup."

It was "Bonapartism, Juntism, Blacism" and "political adventurism."

Hakopyan is sure that next spring Serzh Sargsyan will start an active
political campaign, a kind of "royal gambit." "If Republicans fail
to do that, they will only lose as this will be the best time for
such a step. It would be political idiotism on their part to try to
do that after the parliamentary elections," says Hakopyan.

"The RPA should follow the example of the Bolsheviks. They must not
miss their chance: Serzh Sargsyan must become Armenian President
by January 2007 -or never," says Hakopyan. Under such a scenario,
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan should resign no later than
October-November 2006.

"After the failure of the Karabakh peace talks, Armenia needs,
at least, one year of respite on the diplomatic arena as by that
time George Bush will resign and new president Hillary Clinton will
drastically change the US policy."

"To get this respite, we need a royal gambit and, realizing this,
Kocharyan should resign before the end of his term," says Hakopyan.

He says that his party will run in the parliamentary elections on
its own " with no cooperation with any other political forces."

The parliamentary elections in Armenia are scheduled for 2007, the
presidential election for 2008.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress