RPA NOT TO SUPPORT ARMAN SAHAKIAN’S CANDIDATURE AT ELECTIONS OF AJAPNIAK DISTRICT HEAD

Noyan Tapan
Sept 04 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The Council of the Republican
Party of Armenia, with 61 for and 3 against votes, made a decision
on late August 31 that it did not consider purposeful to nominate
and support candidature of party council member, former Deputy Mayor
of Yerevan Arman Sahakian in the elections of the district head of
Ajapniak, Yerevan. Arman Sahakian, his father, National Assembly
"RPA" faction head Galust Sahakian and Sahakians’ closest relative
Ashot Aghababian voted against the decision. The party’s public
relations service also informs that "in the case of not fulfilling the
decision, the party members and party structures will be subjected to
disciplinary responsibility, according to the RPA regulations." RPA
Chairman, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, the party Chairman’s
First Deputy, Council Chairman, Defence Minister Serge Sargsian were
also present at the sitting. Serge Sargsian, who visited on September
1 the Monte Melkonian Military Academy on the occasion of the new
academic year, commenting upon the RPA Council’s above-mentioned
decision at journalists’ request, stated: "The party is not a crowd,
and it is not a bit obliged to support any member in any issue. A
party member must understand that he is in an organization, and that
there are interests of the organization, there are regulations and
discipline. If a party member himself makes decisions, without taking
the party’s existence into consideration, then why he must expect the
party’s assistance." Galust Sahakian said to Radio Liberty as if that
approach of the party, that the Ajapniak community head’s election
is not a political, party poblem, is inadmissible for them. Arman
Sahakian said to the same radio, that he will certainly nominate his
candidature for this post, and considers normal the party council’s
decision, is not hurt and has no intention to leave the party.