"OVER 70 PERCENT OF ELECTORATE WON’T PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTIONS"
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[03:03 pm] 25 January, 2007
"Robert Kocharyan is to bear responsibility for everything that might
happen these months", Aram Sargsyan, leader of Democratic Party of
Armenia announced today in the Pastark Club.
He doesn’t deem the rumors about the alliance of Republican and
Prosperous Armenia Parties serious.
"I would congratulated them if they united as everybody would
understand that Prosperous Armenia is not a new force in our reality;
it is but an illusion, Robert Kocharyan’s program. Unfortunately that
alliance will not come true".
In Mr. Sargsyan’s words, Republicans make state employees join them,
whereas Prosperous Armenia enlarges under the guise of charity.
Democratic Party approves of the formation of an oppositional force
which will be gain the confidence and respect of the people. As
for Robert Kocharyan’s anticipations on parliamentary elections,
Mr. Sargsyan has certain reservation on this score. "If one wants
to become the Prime Minister and the other – the president, the gap
between the authorities will deepen; the power must be in the hands
of one person".
Mr. Sargsyan claims that everything will be decided on election
night, during the ballot counting and Robert Kocharyan’s philosophy
"the person having a lot of money is capable of doing everything"
will work. The authorities will reach "the climax" that very night.
If in 2003 there was only one person in the rival camp, and others
served him, today the situation has changed and more people seek to
seize the power and have its monopoly".
Aram Sargsyan thinks that prior to the Democratic Party’s sitting
(February 24) many things may change in the republic and the party
will make its final decision later on. He only says that DP will
cooperate with people having democratic ideas.
Mr. Sargsayn also adds that outer factor will influence on the
elections as well. "I don’t understand why the USA should allot 6
million AMD to Armenia. Are we Zimbabwe or Burkina Faso? "
If the sum is allocated for democratic processes, it was to be
represented by international structures and not by a concrete country.
DP initiated polling and revealed that over 70perecnt of the voters
won’t participate in the elections.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress