IN G.ISAGULIAN’S WORDS, PASSIVE POSE OF POLITICAL FORCES DOES NOT HAVE GOOD EFFECT ON RATING OF ARMENIA
Noyan Tapan
Oct 30 2006
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. In the political sense, this autumn
does not differ from other autumns: parties do not carry out active
actions, have no enough number of structures in marzes, those existing
do not hold corresponding works with the local population. Garnik
Isagulian, the RA President’s Advisor on Security Issues, expressed
such a viewpoint at the October 28 press conference. Not mentioning,
which parties are particularly spoken about, G.Isagulian stated that
such a passive pose of political forces "does not have good effect
either on country’s rating or, in general, on whole process." In his
opinion, if there is no healthy debate or dialogue in the country’s
politicial field just from the outset, instead of it, there is rivalry
among the forces, who will rail at who more, as a result, after the
2007 parliamentary elections, some political units will not get the
number of votes they expect and will start to complain and consider
results of the elections falsified.
Touching upon the fact of arresting Vahagn Chakhalian, a member of
"United Javakhk" democratic union with accusation of "illegally
breaking the state border of Armenia," G.Isagulian mentioned that "if
there was no break, he would not be arrested" and added that, in his
turn, this is not the theme which needs "to be put into circulation so
much." Responding the question how he will comment upon the statement
made by RF State Duma deputy Konstantin Zatulin about the necessity
of clerifying Armenia’s position on the Russian-Georgian conflict,
G.Isagulian said: "If you think that each of his statements will
be commented upon by state high-ranking officials of Armenia, you
are sadly mistaken. I am not interested in statements of this type,
let alone responding."
Responding a journalist’s question if G.Isagulian’s viewpoint,
expressed months ago, according to which he considered RA Defence
Minister Serge Sargsian as the RA President’s "most prepared candidate,
remains in force, the speaker said: "In general, if Isagulian expresses
any viewpoint, he does not change it any more."