NEXT CONGRESS OF PPA TO TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 17
Noyan Tapan
Feb 15 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The People’s Party of Armenia
will hold its next congress on February 17. Ruzan Khachatrian, the
PPA Press Secretary informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent about it.
Issues on making some amendments in the party program and regulations
will be discussed in the congress. In R.Khachatrian’s words, after
1998, when the PPA program was adopted, some changes took place
in the sphere of foreign policy, particularly, Armenia became a
member of the Council of Europe, and a problem of modernization of
the party program arose. The issue of the PPA participation in the
coming parliamentary elections will also be discussed at the congress.
R.Khachatrian affirmed the PPA intention to alone take part in the NA
elections. She mentioned that the board to be elected by the congress
will form the party’s proportional list.
As for PPA Chairman Stepan Demirchian’s nomination by the
majoritarian electoral system, no final decision was yet made about
it. As R.Khachatrian mentioned the program of nomination of the
opposition leaders in all the 41 electoral districts seems not to
be implemented. In her words, particularly, Artashes Geghamian, the
leader of the "National Unity" party has already stated that he will
not nominate his candidature by the majoritarian electoral system.
The PPA Press Secretary at the same time mentioned that few people
from the heading staff of the party expressed a wish to be nominated
by the proportional electoral system, but this issue as well is at
the stage of discussion.