ALVARD PETROSIAN: DASHNAKTSUTIUN ITSELF ELECTED KOCHARIAN BUT IT IS NOT ELECTED BY KOCHARIAN
Noyan Tapan
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN. Parties having an ideology always
have their place, their stable members, while many parties today
representing themselves with a huge number of members become very small
in two days, "in case of not being attached to the power." Writer
and publicist Alvard Petrosian, member of RA National Assembly ARF
Dashnaktsutiun faction, expressed such an opinion at the September
6 dispute. In her opinion, Dashnaktsutiun has a stable quality and
creates some political culture, but "no power likes Dashnaktsutiun
very much." A.Petrosian said that the Armenian National Movement (ANM)
for no reason at all speculates the fact of Armenia’s independence
considering achievement of independence its monopoly. "I would like
them to also think favorably about Dashnaktsutiun that created the
First Republic, when touching upon the history," he said. In the
speaker’s words, not only ANM, but also all reasonable forces expect
quick solution to the Nagorno Karabakh problem. As Alvard Petrosian
affirmed, violence committed towards Dashnaktsutiun under ANM does not
differ at all from Stalin dictatorship: a number of politicians were
imprisoned in the 1990-s, 20 newspapers were closed. And today also,
in his words, when the authorities have changed, ARF is not elected
by President Robert Kocharian, while it elected Kocharian.