NEITHER ROBERT KOCHARIAN’S NOR S.SARGSIAN’S SCENARIO TO COME TRUE IN 2008, ANM BOARD MEMBER IS SURE

Noyan Tapan
Jan 16 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. In the case of success of the
Armenian National Movement (ANM) party in the coming parliamentary
elections, the party "will secure as much as possible a favourable
field for its President’s candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian’s active
political activity." Aram Manukian, a member of the ANM board stated
about it in the interview to the Noyan Tapan correspondent.

In his words, RA President Robert Kocharian, as the first person
of the country, will attempt to independently "appoint" the next
President. "And as in a year R.Kocharian will not be official
person number one in Armenia, RA Defence Minister Serge Sargsian who
has his mafiosi group and big financial possibilities, will think
why he himself can not be that "appointing" person," A.Manukian
said. But, in the ANM board member’s opinion, neither R.Kocharian’s
nor S.Sargsian’s "scenarios" will not come true in 2008, the year of
president’s elections.

A.Manukian also mentioned that there are many bases for arising
conflicts between the President and the Defence Minister. That’s why,
in A.Manukian’s words, pro-governmental parties, particularly the
"Bargavach Hayastan" (Prosperous Armenia) party, postpone as much as
possible holding of their congresses, striving to orient till it who
of them to support.