BARGAVACH HAYASTAN IS A CENTRIPETAL PARTY STRIVING FOR LIBERAL IDEAS,
MEMBER OF BARGAVACH HAYASTAN’S POLITICAL BOARD SAYS

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. 370 thousand people have joined the
Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party since May 2006. Vardan
Vardanian, member of party’s Political Board, declared this at the
Bargavach Hayastan’s third special congress held on February 15.

"Everybody knows that Bargavach Hayastan’s main idea and goal is to
develop the evident economic and political success of our past years
under conditions of public solidarity and consolidation," he said.

In V. Vardanian’s words, Bargavach Hayastan is a "centripetal party
striving for liberal values in economy, at the same time supporting
preservation and development of traditional values and taking as a
basis supremacy of human rights protection."

Presenting party’s activity in the period since the previous congress
(2006 May), V. Vardanian also mentioned the work of Gagik Tsarukian
charity fund, in which the party participated "with its human and
organization resource." "Charity has no direct connection with party
activity, but charity is part of the image of party chairman,"
V. Vardanian said. He also criticized those who qualify this charity
as "electoral bribe."