DPA LEADER: OPPOSITION SHOULD BE CONSOLIDATED INTO IDEOLOGICAL BLOC

Yerevan, January 25. ArmInfo. The Democratic party of Armenia will
take an active part in the coming parliamentary elections, though
yet unknown in what format, either in the structure of any bloc or
independently, the leader of the Democratic party of Armenia, Aram
Sarkissyan, told ArmInfo.

"Only one thing is known, if the DPA is consolidated into a united
bloc with any forces, it should be a alliance based on the ideological
community of forces in its structure. I am sure that in this case this
union will enjoy the popularity among the society from the first days
of its creation, while consolidation of the party into any mixed bloc,
as it was in 2003, is inexpediently, in my opinion", A. Sarkissyan
said, having underlined that the bloc, into which the DPA intends
to be consolidated, should gather no less than 20% of votes during
elections. Otherwise, it is senseless to develop a struggle for only
to overcome a 5%-barrier at elections and to form a small faction,
the voice of which will not be heard in the Parliament. The opposition
should form a faction, with the opinion of which the parliamentary
majority would have to reckon, A. Sarkissyan said. He underlined that
he considers it possible to form an oppositional bloc which would be
able to gather 20% of votes at elections.

As regards the possible creation of an ideological alliance with any
forces, A. Sarkissyan said : "I can say, for example, that we have
no discrepancies with the "Union of Constitutional Right" and the
"National Revival" on the Karabakh issue. We keep cooperating with
them for other issues as well and try to find common positions with
them on other issues. Of course, we have no discrepancies with the
People’s party of Armenia, however, no one is aware of the cooperation
format", he said. A. Sarkissyan ruled out a possibility of his party’s
participation in Parliamentary elections in a proportional list of
any other party.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress