ARF TO CLARIFY ITS TACTICS AFTER SUPREME CONVENTION
Yerkir
29.08.2006 14:30
YEREVAN (YERKIR) – All political parties are preparing for the
upcoming National Assembly election, Hrair Karapetian, National
Assembly’s Armenian Revolutionary Federation faction leader, told a
news conference on Tuesday.
"Every party decides on its own what tactics to adopt for the coming
months," Karapetian said.
As for the ARF, Karapetian said, the party will discuss its action
plan at its 10th Supreme Body to be convened on September 7.
Taking a question on the ARF’s possible participation in an electoral
block with other parties in the election, Karapetian said, "The ARF
is ruled collectively, and it is the Supreme Convention that is to
make a decision on the party’s tactics.
My personal opinion is that the ARF has always participated in
elections separately but there are parties whose programs are
comparable in some parts with that of the ARF. A cooperation is
inevitable but only the Convention will decide on the extent of
cooperation."
Speaking on the alleged confrontation between the Republican Party
and newly formed Prosperous Armenia Party, Karapetian said such
confrontation is ‘ artificially exaggerated’ by the press.
As for the opposition, Karapetian said, it did not take the place
it was supposed to, so other parties should commit to control the
legislative field.
He also spoke of the change in the Azerbaijani position in the Karabakh
conflict settlement, saying that the international community cannot
tolerate for long Azerbaijan’s attempts to derail the process and
that country’s belligerent rhetoric.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
