ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 11, 2006

FULL-FLEDGED POLITICAL PARTY IMPOSSIBLE TO FORM IN ARMENIA ION YEAR

YEREVAN, August 11. /ARKA/. A new full-fledged political party is
impossible to form in Armenia in one year or month, Speaker of the RA
Parliament Tigran Torosyan stated in his interview to the
France-Armenie magazine, commenting on the formation of the parties
"Prosperous Armenia" and "Unification for Armenia".
"Formation of parties is a rather complicated and long-lasting
process. This is a business of experts. Parties can be formed,
receive votes, be represented in Parliament. However, time is
required for a party to be completely formed," he said.
Torosyan pointed out that incompletely formed parties pose a threat
to Armenia’s multi-party system, because inexperienced groups that
are not formed as political parties resort to other means of
achieving their goals.
"Among them is financial and administrative potential. All this may
endanger the multiparty system in Armenia, which has not yet been
completely formed," Torosyan said.
As regards the rumors that the RA Prosecutor General patronizes the
"Unification for Armenia" party, Torosyan pointed out that a similar
situation developed when the ex-head of the RA presidential staff
Artashes Tumanyan stated his intention to launch political
activities.
Torosyan pointed out that after Tumanyan attempted to form a
political party he, as a potentially strong political figure, was
dismissed.
He expressed hope that the Prosecutor General will not find himself
in a similar situation.
A number of political parties have lately been formed in Armenia.
Specifically, these are the
"Prosperous Armenia" party founded by the parliamentarians and
businessmen Gagik Tsarukyan and the Unification for Armenia
patronized by RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan. P.T. -0–